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We are all welcome here

It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently. But in Paige Dunn's small ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of polio, Paige is nonetheless determined to live as normal a life as possible and to raise her daugter, Diana, in the way she sees fit--with the support of her tough-talking black caregiver, Peacie.

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  • "It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently. But in Paige Dunn's small ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of polio, Paige is nonetheless determined to live as normal a life as possible and to raise her daugter, Diana, in the way she sees fit--with the support of her tough-talking black caregiver, Peacie."@en
  • "Stricken by polio, Paige Dunn, a woman of remarkable free spirit, beauty, and intelligence, continues to raise her daughter, Diana, with the help of her caretaker Peacie, in a novel set against the backdrop of Tupelo, Mississippi, in 1964."@en
  • "It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, the town of Elvis's birth, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently--and violently--across the state. But in Paige Dunn's small, ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of the polio she contracted during her last month of pregnancy, Paige is nonetheless determined to live as normal a life as possible and to raise her daughter, Diana, in the way she sees fit--with the support of her tough-talking black caregiver, Peacie."@en
  • "During the summer of 1964, as racial tensions mount in Tupelo, Mississippi, three women each struggle against overwhelming odds for their own kind of freedom."@en
  • "In Tupelo, Mississippi in 1964, three women struggle for independence. Paige Dunn, paralyzed from the neck down by the effects of polio, is determined to raise her daughter, Diana, alone. Diana, at 14, longs to be free of the responsibility of caring for her mother, while their fiercely protective black caregiver, Peacie, fears for the safety of her boyfriend who is risking his life in the civil rights movement."@en
  • "Elizabeth Berg's new novel tells the story of radical love: a mother struck down by polio is raising her daughter with humor and powerful discipline, and the help of an amazing caretaker Peacie, teaching her to love life and enjoy freedom, despite life's reversals. Set in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer of 1964, "We are all welcome here" centers around Paige Dunn, a woman whose beauty, intelligence, and free spirit are such that two men in town are pursuing her, despite her handicaps. Her daughter, Diana, longs to please her mother, and also to escape her, yet when the precarious independence of this household is threatened, Diana makes a radical move that changes everything. In this extraordinary novel about the resilience of the human spirit, Elizabeth Berg's skill as a novelist of the heart reaches new heights. Poignant and amusing, "We are all welcome here" is richly imbued with emotional truth."
  • "Elizabeth Berg's new novel tells the story of radical love: a mother struck down by polio is raising her daughter with humor and powerful discipline, and the help of an amazing caretaker Peacie, teaching her to love life and enjoy freedom, despite life's reversals. Set in Tupelo, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer of 1964, "We are all welcome here" centers around Paige Dunn, a woman whose beauty, intelligence, and free spirit are such that two men in town are pursuing her, despite her handicaps. Her daughter, Diana, longs to please her mother, and also to escape her, yet when the precarious independence of this household is threatened, Diana makes a radical move that changes everything. In this extraordinary novel about the resilience of the human spirit, Elizabeth Berg's skill as a novelist of the heart reaches new heights. Poignant and amusing, "We are all welcome here" is richly imbued with emotional truth."@en
  • "Presents the story of a mother struck down by polio, raising her daughter with the help of a caretaker who teaches her to love life and enjoy freedom, despite life's reversals. Set in Tupelo, Mississippi, the precarious independence of the household is threatened during the Freedom Summer of 1964."@en
  • "Presents the story of a mother struck down by polio, raising her daughter with the help of a caretaker who teaches her to love life and enjoy freedom, despite life's reversals. Set in Tupelo, Mississippi, the precarious independence of the household is threatened during the Freedom Summer of 1964."
  • "It is the summer of 1964. In Tupelo, Mississippi, tensions are mounting over civil-rights demonstrations occurring ever more frequently. But in Paige Dunn's small ramshackle house, there are more immediate concerns. Challenged by the effects of polio, Paige is nonetheless determined to live as normal a life as possible and to raise her daugter, Diana, in the way she sees fit--with the support of her tough-talking black caregiver, Peacie."
  • "Unabridged."
  • "Three women struggle against overwhelming odds for her own kind of freedom in the summer of 1964 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Despite the difficulties thrust upon them, each will find her own path to independence and peace."@en

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  • "Domestic fiction"
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