Hand me down : a novel / Melanie Thorne.
By: Thorne, Melanie
Publisher: New York : Dutton, c2012Description: 311 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9780525952688 Subject(s): Sisters -- Fiction | Teenage girls -- Fiction | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction | Single parents -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction.Summary: Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Reid has spent her life protecting her sister, Jaime, from their parents' cruel mistakes. Their father, who'd rather work the system than a job, pours every dollar into his many vices, denying his daughters the shoes and clothing they need. Their mother, once a loving parent, is going through a post-post-adolescent rebellious streak and finds love with a dangerous ex-con. When she chooses starting a new family over raising her first-born girls, Elizabeth and Jaime are separated and forced to rely on the begrudging kindness of increasingly distant relatives.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Reid has spent her life protecting her sister, Jaime, from their parents' cruel mistakes. Their father, who'd rather work the system than a job, pours every dollar into his many vices, denying his daughters the shoes and clothing they need. Their mother, once a loving parent, is going through a post-post-adolescent rebellious streak and finds love with a dangerous ex-con. When she chooses starting a new family over raising her first-born girls, Elizabeth and Jaime are separated and forced to rely on the begrudging kindness of increasingly distant relatives.