In a Place of Danger

by Paula Fox

Book by Fox, Paula

Paperback

First published March 1, 1989

About the author

Paula Fox was an American author of novels for adults and children and two memoirs. Her novel The Slave Dancer (1973) received the Newbery Medal in 1974; and in 1978, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal. More recently, A Portrait of Ivan won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 2008.

A teenage marriage produced a daughter, Linda, in 1944. Given the tumultuous relationship with her own biological parents, she gave the child up for adoption. Linda Carroll, the daughter Fox gave up for adoption, is the mother of musician Courtney Love.

Fox then attended Columbia University, married the literary critic and translator Martin Greenberg, raised two sons, taught, and began to write.

Reviews

[Rashu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Struggled between 3 & 4 stars. But it's a pretty good story. Even though Aunt Bea is the most unlikable character i've ever met, since a while. Love the plot.