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Small Change : The Secret Life Of Penny Burford, Paperback by Yandell, Belind...
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- ISBN
- 9781581824148
- Book Title
- Small Change : the Secret Life of Penny Burford
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Item Weight
- 5.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 150 Pages
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An Alternate Selection of the Crossings Book Club Winner of the Salt Lake County Library System's 2003 Readers Choice Award In 1965 Penny Burford takes a single nickel from her husband's overflowing mound of change on the bedroom dresser and hesitantly slips it into the pocket of her housedress. He won't miss it, she decides. With that single act Penny changes the course of her life--and the lives of untold others. Roy is a good husband, Penny reminds herself, but he can pinch a nickel until Thomas Jefferson hollers "Uncle!" A hard, dominating man, he bristles when Penny offers to roll the coins--no wife of his needs to waste time rolling mere pennies. Penny has never kept a secret from her husband, but as her hoard of castaway change grows, she discovers that having money of her own gives her the power to make her own decisions. Beginning with something as small as a furtive trip to a fast-food restaurant in a Georgia town, she finds that small change can eventually lead to big changes. Thirty-four years later, Roy finds a check for $1,500 drawn on an account bearing only Penny's name. He is bewildered, wondering how his wife, who has never worked outside their home in her entire life, managed to come by so much money. His quest to unravel this mystery leads him to other discoveries about the woman he thought he knew so well. Roy learns just how many lives Penny has touched and just how well his wife had known his secrets all those years--and her example shows him how to begin life anew. Small Change is a deceptively simple story that explores the human condition in a rich emotional portrait. A remarkable tale of an ordinary housewife who leaves an extraordinary legacy, it reminds us of the true spirit of charity, the effects of poverty, and the tragic self-silencing that limits the richness of far too many women's lives.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1581824149
ISBN-13
9781581824148
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30975638
Product Key Features
Book Title
Small Change : the Secret Life of Penny Burford
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
150 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Item Weight
5.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ps3625.A676
Reviews
"People who lead secret lives can be fascinating, but when Penny Burford's secret life is revealed, it is not only fascinating but a joy and a discovery that will enrich the life of each person who reads this wonderful book." -Earl Hamner, creator of The Waltons "Small Change is a little book with a great big heart, the story of a woman who has something important to say to us all. I want to read it aloud to my family at Christmas. Maybe every Christmas." -Linda Ellerbee
Copyright Date
2004
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
21
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