Comfort

Authors: Hostetter, Joyce Moyer
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
BISAC/Subject: JUV039140, JUV039240, JUV016080, JUV015020
ISBN: 9781629792927, Related ISBNs: 1590786068, 1590788958, 1629792926, 9781590786062, 9781590788950
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 312,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis: In the wake of World War II, Ann Fay Honeycut grapples with her father’s trauma and the physical and emotional effects of polio—finding healing in the unlikeliest of places
 
Now that Daddy has returned from fighting Hitler and Ann Fay is home from the polio hospital, life should get back to normal. But Ann Fay discovers she no longer fits easily into old friendships and Daddy has been traumatized by the war. Her family and social life are both falling apart. Ever responsible, she tries to fix things until she finally admits that she herself needs fixing.
 
She travels to the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, founded by Franklin D. Roosevelt, where she finds comfort, healing, and even a little romance. Although this invigorating experience does not solve all her problems, it does give Ann Fay a new view of herself.
 
In this Parents’ Choice Awards Recommended Book, sequel to Blue, Ann Fay makes new friends, reevaluates old relationships, and discovers her unique place in the community.
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