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The Rope Walk

A Novel

A Novel

By Carrie Brown

By Carrie Brown

By Carrie Brown

By Carrie Brown

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May 06, 2008 | ISBN 9780307278098

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Nov 19, 2008 | ISBN 9780307490292

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    About The Rope Walk

    In The Rope Walk, Carrie Brown crafts a luminous story of a young girl’s coming of age during a crucial summer in New England. On her tenth birthday Alice meets two visitors to her quiet town: Theo, the African American grandson of her father’s best friend, and Kenneth, an artist who has come home to convalesce. Theo forms an instant bond with Alice that will indelibly change them both. The pair in turn befriend Kenneth, and decide to build a “rope walk” through the woods for him, allowing to make his way through the outdoor world he has always loved. But their good intentions lead to surprising consequences, and Alice soon learns how different the world of children and adults really are.

    About The Rope Walk

    In The Rope Walk, Carrie Brown crafts a luminous story of a young girl’s coming of age during a crucial summer in New England. On her tenth birthday Alice meets two visitors to her quiet town: Theo, the African American grandson of her father’s best friend, and Kenneth, an artist who has come home to convalesce. Theo forms an instant bond with Alice that will indelibly change them both. The pair in turn befriend Kenneth, and decide to build a “rope walk” through the woods for him, allowing to make his way through the outdoor world he has always loved. But their good intentions lead to surprising consequences, and Alice soon learns how different the world of children and adults really are.

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    About Carrie Brown

    CARRIE BROWN is the author of five novels and a collection of short stories. She has received many honors for her work, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the Janet… More about Carrie Brown

    About Carrie Brown

    CARRIE BROWN is the author of five novels and a collection of short stories. She has received many honors for her work, including a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award, the Janet… More about Carrie Brown

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $13.95
    Published by Anchor
    May 06, 2008 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307278098

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Anchor
    Nov 19, 2008 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780307490292

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    Praise

    “Beautifully written. . . . Captures the dignity and grace of a young woman coming into knowledge of herself and the world.”
    —Chicago Tribune

    “Gentle, lyrical. . . . Brown captures Alice’s visceral response to the physical world.”
    —The Washington Post Book World

    “Reading this novel is a serious pleasure.”
    —New Orleans Times-Picayune

    Awards

    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age WINNER 2008

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