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A Figure of Speech

by Norma Fox Mazer

159 pages · 1973

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Jenny has never related well to her family--except for her grandfather. When she finds out that her parents are planning to send him to an old age home, she tells him, and he runs away. The tragic results widen the gulf between Jenny and her parents; nothing will ever be the same.

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