The Borning Room (Charlotte Zolotow Books)
By Paul Fleischman.
Description
It's a place where life and love begin, and loss is borne.Mothers give birth in the borning room. The dying take their departure there.Ouside the Lott family's Ohio farmhouse, the Civil War rages, slavery falls, and the world marvels at the wonder of electricity. Inside, within the walls of the borning room, Georgina Lott will experience her life's greatest turnings. Across the years, she discovers womanhood and first love, experiences the mourning that comes with loss, and, as did her mother and grandmother, at last takes her place in the room as another precious life is abo...
ISBN(s)
0064470997, 9780064470995
