
One mother, five kids, twenty-five houses. Paula DeMarini's fascinating childhood memoir, FIVE THIMBLES, is one of survival in east Tennessee between 1952 and 1970. It is the first-hand, true account of five siblings living with none of the things most other kids had: a bike, a real bed or a place to call home. Facing one eviction after another, Paula and her family lived at twenty-five locations ...
Paperback: 226 pages
Publisher: Graham Publisher (April 12, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 061537316X
ISBN-13: 978-0615373164
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 3783032
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As a child growing up in the late 70's and early 80's this book was a huge reality check. My biggest complaint about my childhood was that we never got to travel much and I never flew on an airplane until I was in college. These things seem so triv...
t eighteen years. We learn how Paula's mother, despite an absentee husband, nurtures one child through serious illness and secures Paula's own well-being after she was abducted as a young teenager. Incredibly, FIVE THIMBLES shows us how happiness can grow, even without putting down roots.