All Alone in the Universe

Perkins, Lynne Rae

ISBN 10: 080728419X ISBN 13: 9780807284193

Publisher: Listening Library, 2000

Synopsis

Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna.

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Review

"An exceptional first novel. You feel at heart that this is a story of an artist being born."-- "The Horn Book""A poignant story written with sensitivity and tenderness."-- "School Library Journal"Debbie's first-person narrative is sharp, funny, uneasy, spiteful, fragile."-- "ALA Booklist"

About the Author

Lynee Rae Perkins grew up in a small town near Pittsburgh and studied art at Penn State University and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.  Eventually she moved to Boston where, against all odds, she met a fellow from Michigan whose ideas about life were as impractical as her own.  They fell in love, drove to Michigan and moved into a cabin on a hillside, which has since grown larger and more houselike.  They have two small children who like to ski, and a cat who is not very smart.

Edition details

• Publisher: Listening Library
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080728419X
• ISBN 13: 9780807284193
• Binding: Audio Cassette