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Ferris Beach
Ferris Beach
Author: Jill McCorkle
Ferris Beach is a place where excitement and magic coexist. Or so Mary Katherine "Katie" Burns, the only child of middle-aged Fred and Cleva Burns, believes. Shy and self-conscious, she daydreams about Ferris Beach, where her beautiful cousin, Angela, leads a romantic, mysterious life. — It is the early 1970s, and when the land across the road fr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781565129313
ISBN-10: 1565129318
Publication Date: 9/22/2009
Pages: 352
Edition: Reprint
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3.8 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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I loved this book so much, this is a copy to share. It's a story about best friends and, especially, mothers and daughters that has stayed with me since when I read it.
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A Southern coming-of-age story by one of the South's best writers; one of the NY Times Book Review's "Notable Books of the Year."


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