Publisher Description
A funny book that makes you cry. A sad book that makes you laugh. A book about two sisters and their family that makes you wish you were part of it--and grateful that you are not. In short, this book is one surprise after another. The only thing that is not a surprise is that Vera B. Williams has created a wholly unforgettable, absolutely wonderful portrait of Amber, Essie, and their world. Open the book. You will never be the same again.
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“In language that is childishly simple and yet vivid with detail, Williams touches on something authentic about the girls and their lives, whether it is the sound of their voices in a quarrel or at play, their delight in a new friend, or the vicissitudes of their family’s financial straits…She graces both girls with resilience and pluck without ever sentimentalizing them or circumstances, and she captures the fear and the loneliness, the burden, of their premature self-reliance without ever losing sight of their still childish capacity for joy and playfulness.”
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New York Times
About Vera B. Williams
Vera B. Williams is the award-winning creator of many books for children, including “More, More, More,” Said the Baby and Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart. Throughout her life she has also taught art, cooking, writing, and nature study. She lives in New York City.
About Martha Plimpton
Martha
Plimpton, in addition to audio narration, is a film, television, and stage
actress. Her first major film roles include The
River Rat, The Goonies, and The Mosquito Coast. On stage she made
her Chicago debut with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company Ensemble, during which
time she received a National Medal of Arts Award. She won the Drama Desk and
Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance in Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia and has received
numerous Tony Award nominations for supporting or featured actress. Her
television roles included Grey’s Anatomy and
Raising Hope, among others. In narration,
she won an AudioFile Earphones Award for her reading of Alice McDermott’s After This, which also was a finalist in
2007 for the prestigious Audie Award.