false 384758 10 In <i>Alice McDermott's</i> first work of fiction since her best-selling, National Book Award-winning <i>Charming Billy</i>, a woman recalls her fifteenth summer with the wry and bittersweet wisdom of hindsight. The beautiful child of older parents, raised on the eastern end of Long Island, Theresa is her town's most sought-after babysitter- cheerful, poised, an effortless storyteller, a wonder with children and animals. Among her charges this fateful summer is Daisy, her younger cousin, who has come to spend a few quiet weeks in this bucolic place. While Theresa copes with the challenge presented by the neighborhood's waiflike children, the tumultuous households of her employers, the attentions of an aging painter, and Daisy's fragility of body and spirit, her precocious, tongue-in-check sense of order is tested as she makes the perilous crossing into adulthood. 374489 book 1984 Child of My Heart total:569|5:63|4:187|3:219|2:79|1:21| 569 1899 766 94 4 2 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Jan 27 21:01:48 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 21:08:49 -0800 2008
Narrator: Sheryl Bernstein
Publisher: Macmillan Audio, 2003
Length: 7 hours and 52 min.

Publisher's Summary
In Alice McDermott's new work of fiction a woman recalls her bittersweet 15th summer. The beautiful child of older parents, ra...more...]]> 2 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 13:36:04 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 21:02:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 24 06:20:17 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 06:25:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 07:52:12 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 20:00:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 11 02:44:25 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 03:08:28 -0800 2009
First of all-- TERRIBLE protagonist. McDermott seemed to have missed the part about "showing and not telling" a charact...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 13:39:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 13:08:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false true Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Feb 16 14:29:21 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 14:30:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 12:36:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 17:19:59 -0700 2009
Not sure what the point was in that it didn't have much deep thought or suspense yet I still wanted to know how the summer was going to end for the protagonist and her cousin...

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Some reviewers have said that Theresa, the protagonist, comes across as much too wise and smar...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:58:25 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 16:11:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 05:49:16 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 05:56:55 -0800 2008
One part I did NOT like, howe...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 16:39:15 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 16:43:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 14:13:44 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:00:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 19 20:16:26 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 20:16:26 -0800 2009 more...]]>