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Cheng, Andrea

The Lace Dowry

115 pp. | Front | April, 2005 | Trade ISBN 1-932425-20-9 $16.95
(2) 4-6 Juli's mother commissions a lavish lace tablecloth for Juli's dowry. Even in 1933 Budapest, twelve-year-old bookish Juli, who narrates her own tale, sees options for herself that don't include marriage. With effective subtlety, Cheng chronicles the escalating tension between headstrong mother and daughter and gives this tale, unusual in time and setting, poignant relevance and credibility.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2005

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