With a Hammer for My Heart - Hardcover

Lyon, George Ella

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789424606 ISBN 13: 9780789424600

Publisher: Dk Ink, 1997

Synopsis

Lawanda shows up at Garland's home selling magazines and becomes infatuated with his tormented soul, and her grandmother remembers Garland as he was before the war, while his daughter recalls the disillusioned person he was when he returned home, but what he is like now is all that matters to Lawanda.

About this title

Review:

A rich tale of healing, redemption, and social responsibility. - Publishers Weekly ""A compelling, skillfully told story.... Lyon's finest achievement."" - Lexington Herald-Leader ""Lyon gives readers a story rich in precise, gorgeous language that glows like a sword on the forge and cuts as deep.... Tragedies old and new weave a tiny Kentucky town into the center of the universe."" - Booklist (starred review) ""Lyon consistently reveals in her work an ability to render the peculiarities of the people and the places she knows best, while at the same time exploring concerns that lend her stories and poems universal appeal. The same is true of With a Hammer for My Heart, a powerful first novel that catapults Lyon into the ranks of other well-respected contemporary novelists."" - The Southern Register

About the Author:

George Ella Lyon is the award-winning author of more than thirty books for children and adults, including Borrowed Children, Mother to Tigers, Sonny's House of Spies, and Where I'm From: Where Poems Come From. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dk Ink
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0789424606
• ISBN 13: 9780789424600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 213