The Gift: Novel

By H.D.

Book Overview

In recapturing her memories of being a very little girl in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and later on a country place outside Philadelphia, H.D. "let the story tell itself or the child tell it." It is this voice or child's-eye view that lends The Gift its special charm as H.D. recreates the ordinary and extraordinary occasions of her early youth, the nightmares and delights. A road-company presentation of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Christmas Eve with its particular family ritual, a family outing, a disturbing accident--the happenings and incidents, perceptions and misconceptions with which a child's life is crowded are the substance of this most winning book. As she did for the H.D. novel HERmione, H.D.'s daughter, Perdita Schaffner, provides a fine introduction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811208540
• ISBN13: 9780811208543
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"