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The year the music changed : the letters of Achsa McEachern & Elvis Presley : a novel

It is 1955. Achsa is a lonely, passionate and precocious fourteen-year-old, isolated at school by her intelligence and disfigurement, troubled at home by the undercurrents in her parents' relationship. She finds comfort and inspiration in the tunes and rhythms she hears on her radio. Hearing a recording by an unknown 20-year-old country singer named Elvis Presley, she fires off a fan letter, telling him she knows he's going to be a star ...

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  • "It is 1955. Achsa is a lonely, passionate and precocious fourteen-year-old, isolated at school by her intelligence and disfigurement, troubled at home by the undercurrents in her parents' relationship. She finds comfort and inspiration in the tunes and rhythms she hears on her radio. Hearing a recording by an unknown 20-year-old country singer named Elvis Presley, she fires off a fan letter, telling him she knows he's going to be a star ..."@en
  • "A touching story about a fictional correspondance between a teenage girl named Achsa and a new pop singer named Elvis Presley. Ascha writes Elvis and tells him that he will be a star soon. Her letters give him the encouragement he needs to continue on with his music career."@en
  • "The year is 1955. Isolated at school by her intelligence and disfigurement, troubled at home by the undercurrents in her parents' marriage, 14-year-old Achsa McEachern seeks solace in the tunes and rhythms on her radio. After hearing a record by an unknown 20-year-old country songer named Elvis Presley, she fires off a deceptively self-assured fan letter, telling him he is going to be a star. Insecure in the world he is tentering and burning with a desire to succeed, Elvis answers her and enlists her to teach him how to "talk good.""@en

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  • "Epistolary fiction"@en
  • "Epistolary fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Bildungsromans"
  • "History"@en
  • "Romans (teksten)"

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  • "The year the music changed : the letters of Achsa McEachern-Isaacs & Elvis Presley: a novel"@en
  • "The year the music changed : the letters of Achsa McEachern-Isaacs & Elvis Presley"@en
  • "The year the music changed : the letters of Ascha McEachern-Isaacs & Elvis Presley, a novel"@en
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