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The Keeping Days

by Norma Johnston

1973Family lifeFictionChildren's fictionFamily life, fictionNew york (state), fiction
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About this book

Fourteen-year-old Tish, living in Yonkers, New York, chronicles her family's problems and experiences during a seven month period in 1900.

Themes & subjects

Family lifeFictionChildren's fictionFamily life, fictionNew york (state), fiction
First published 1973

Setting

Yonkers (N.Y.)

About the author

Norma Johnston

Norma Johnston was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA, the only child of Marjorie (Pierce), a teacher and Charles Eugene Chambers Johnston, an engineer. She read voraciously--especially mysteries, to which her family was addicted. She was ducated at Ramsey public schools and Montclair State College, later studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and elsewhere, and received a teaching certificate from Montclair College. She was actress, director, designer, stylist, retailer, teacher, counselor, entrepreneur, preacher, editor, ... and in between all her other careers she was the author of more than 70 novels, mainly gothic romances for teens. Ever since 1973, she become a a full-time writer…

Author

Norma Johnston

First published

1973

Pages

233

Read time

≈ 6h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Atheneum

ISBN

9780844666532

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