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Edith Herself (Lions S.) - Softcover

Howard, Ellen

 
9780006737667: Edith Herself (Lions S.)

Synopsis

Orphaned by her mother's death, Edith goes to live with her older sister and her dour husband in their stern Christian farming household, where the strain of adjusting seems to aggravate her epileptic seizures.

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Synopsis

Set in a time before medication for epileptic fits existed, this story treats the problem of epilepsy from the point of view of the sufferer and her family. After Edith's mother dies, she goes to live with her older sister and has to learn to cope with a strange environment and with her epilepsy.

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