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I'm thirteen years old, and I'm a cross-current and a contradiction. That is, Sarah says I'm that. (Sarah is my old nurse.) She says she read it once--that the children of unlikes were always a cross-current and a contradiction. And my father and mother are unlikes, and I'm the... Read Full Overview

Told from a child's perspective, Mary Marie details the struggles of a child dealing with her separated parents after their divorce.

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The sun was slowly setting in the west, casting golden beams of light into the somber old room. That's the way it ought to begin, I know, and I'd like to do it, but I can't. I'm beginning with my being born, of course, and Nurse Sarah says the sun wasn't shining at all. It was... Read Full Overview

Father calls me Mary. Mother calls me Marie. Everybody else calls me Mary Marie. The rest of my name is Anderson. I'm thirteen years old, and I'm a cross-current and a contradiction. That is, Sarah says I'm that. (Sarah is my old nurse.) She says she read it once-that the children... Read Full Overview

Eleanor H. Porter's novel Mary Marie tackles an issue that is as relevant as ever: divorce and its impact on the children in the family that has been torn asunder. Groundbreaking at the time of its original publication, the novel tells the story of a young girl whose divorced... Read Full Overview

Mary Marie, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire... Read Full Overview

Mary Marie is a novel written by Eleanor H. Porter. The story revolves around twin sisters, Mary and Marie, who were separated at birth and raised by different families. Mary grows up in a wealthy family and is spoiled by her parents, while Marie is raised by a poor family and... Read Full Overview

Father calls me Mary. Mother calls me Marie. Everybody else calls me Mary Marie. The rest of my name is Anderson. I'm thirteen years old, and I'm a cross-current and a contradiction. That is, Sarah says I'm that. (Sarah is my old nurse.) She says she read it once-that the children... Read Full Overview

Eleanor H. Porter's novel Mary Marie tackles an issue that is as relevant as ever: divorce and its impact on the children in the family that has been torn asunder. Groundbreaking at the time of its original publication, the novel tells the story of a young girl whose divorced... Read Full Overview

Mary Marie is a novel written by Eleanor H. Porter. The story revolves around two identical twins, Mary and Marie, who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Mary grows up with her father in Boston, while Marie lives with her mother in California. The two... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

Mary Marie is a novel written by Eleanor H. Porter. The story follows the lives of twin sisters, Mary and Marie, who were separated at birth and raised in different homes. Mary grows up in a wealthy family, while Marie is raised in a poor household. The two sisters meet by chance... Read Full Overview