Man of the Family

by Kathleen Karr

• ISBN13: 9780374347642
• ISBN10: 0374347646
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1999-09-21
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Summary

A moving father-son story. At ten, Istvan Csere is learning from his father all about running the family's chicken farm in South Jersey. The father, a flamboyant, proud character who fled Hungary with Istvan's mother on the brink of the First World War, has great plans for his family and their little farm. And Istvan is increasingly aware of his own responsibilities in helping to realize these dreams. First steps are taken -- money is saved for an electrical generator, seedlings for a fruit orchard are planted. Then something terrible happens and Istvan must suddenly take over as man of the family, having to rely on the lessons learned from his father sooner than he ever expected. Transforming her own family history into compelling historical fiction, Kathleen Karr examines a pivotal year in her father's childhood -- a year that changed his life forever.

Author Biography

Kathleen Karr's previous book, The Great Turkey Walk, was named a Best Book of the Year by both School Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. She lives with her family in Washington, D.C.

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