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250 pp.
| Harcourt |
May, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-547-26067-9$17.00
(4)
YA
Rinaldi offers conjecture on Revolutionary War figure Catharine Littlefield Greene and her family. The tale is related from the perspectives of first Caty then her daughter, Cornelia. The story line about Caty's (historically unconfirmed) adultery overshadows the more interesting exploration of her emotional life and radical change of demeanor from joyful adolescence to discontented middle age. Bib.