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The Peppered Moth
The Peppered Moth
Author: Margaret Drabble
In the early 1900s, Bessie Bawtry, a small child with big notions, lives in a South Yorkshire mining town in England. Precocious and refined in a land of little ambition and much mining grime, Bessie waits for the day she can escape the bleak, coarse existence her ancestors had seldom questioned.  — Nearly a century later Bessie's grandd...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780151005215
ISBN-10: 0151005214
Publication Date: 4/10/2001
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Harcourt
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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Fascinating story of search for self through discoveries about family members. Well developed characters one cares about; beautiful use of language.
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Having returned to the depressing little town where her precocious and ambitious grandmother grew up, a granddaughter begins to wonder why some of us remain in the roles prescribed for us by family and tradition, while others are drawn to the prospect of different worlds.
Abounding with lively characters and subversive wit, this intriguing story explores timeless themes of genetic inheritance and the individual's place in history. With this brilliantly conceived novel full of irony, sadness, and humor, Margaret Drabble is at her storytelling best.


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