num_pages: 416
description: THE GIRL WHO TROD ON A LOAF immerses us in the lives of two women in a small upstate New York town-a single mother of twin daughters who waits tables (despite her privileged background) and the elderly Danish composer who she brefriends. At the heart of their peculiar friendship is a Hans Christian Andersen tale (the subject of the composer's final opera) about a prideful girl who is damned for using a loaf of bread, intended as a gift for her parents, as a stepping stone.
language: English
title: The girl who trod on a loaf
titlecomplete: The girl who trod on a loaf
genres: Fiction, American, Music, Novels, Contemporary, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 205
publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd