Girl in a foxhole
Subtitle: a novel
By: Donna McGinty
Publisher: The author
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Columbis, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 423
ISBN-13: 9781537568881
Subjects: Bildungsromans; World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Description: "Zoe Rivers, an imaginative 12-year-old, lives in Texas in the last days of World War II, the invasion of Japan looming. Daily, she juggles a demanding grandmother, an emotionally fragile mother, and a disengaged father stationed in D.C. Distrustful of adult logic and distraught over her parents' impending divorce, Zoe acts alone to change things before her father arrives on furlough. With little time, she must evict that man from Mama's life, restore Daddy's belief in their family, and shock Mama out of wildly swinging moods, a shock plan that endangers her life"--Cover