Purity
By: by Jackson Pearce
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780316182461
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Coming of age; Fiction; Purity (Ethics)
Description: Sixteen-year-old Shelby finds it difficult to balance her mother's dying request to live a life without restraint with her father's plans for his "little princess," which include attending a traditional father-daughter dance that culminates with a ceremonial vow to live "whole, pure lives."