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Author Gibson, Margaret, 1944-

Title The prodigal daughter : reclaiming an unfinished childhood / Margaret Gibson
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 200 pages) : illustrations
Contents Acknowledgments; 1. Southbound; 2. Angel in the Window; 3. Thou Shalt Not Kill; 4. Christmas Dinner; 5. Catechism; 6. Stonewall Court; 7. Fitting In; 8. Classes; 9. The Queen of Hearts; 10. Faith, Hope, Charity; 11. The King of Spades; 12. Acting Lessons; 13. Epiphany; 14. Night; About the Author
Summary "Gibson recounts her childhood in conservative Richmond, Virginia, and her growing estrangement from her sister and parents. Returning home years later to meet the needs of her stroke-crippled sister and her incapacitated parents, Gibson offers a deeply moving recounting of her reconciliation with the family she left behind"--Provided by publisher
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Subject Gibson, Margaret, 1944- -- Childhood and youth
Gibson, Margaret, 1944- -- Family
SUBJECT Gibson, Margaret, 1944- -- Family
Gibson, Margaret, 1944- -- Childhood and youth
Gibson, Margaret, 1944- fast
Subject Women poets, American -- Family relationships
Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships
Sisters -- Family relationships
POETRY -- American -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Childhood and youth of a person
Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships
Families
Sisters -- Family relationships
Women poets, American -- Family relationships
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007035578
ISBN 9780826266354
0826266355
0826217834
9780826217837