Book description
The beloved author of Across Five Aprils and No Promises in the Wind presents one of her most cherished novels, the Newbery Award-winning story of a young girl's coming of age...
Julie would remember her happy days at Aunt Cordelia's forever. Running through the spacious rooms, singing on rainy nights…
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1 author picked Up a Road Slowly as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I read this coming-of-age novel when I was twelve, and it was the first time I found a heroine with my name. This book portrays a family with all its flaws, which makes it feel genuine and approachable. It is impossible not to feel Julie’s pain when she is sent to live in the country with her stern Aunt Cordelia following her mother’s death.
I love the rawness of this story and the way Julie’s relationship with her aunt and her alcoholic Uncle, Haskell, unfolds as she matures from a child to a young woman and pursues her dream of…
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