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When the White House Was Ours Paperback - 2008
by Shreve, Porter
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The author of "The Obituary Writer"--a "New York Times" Notable Book--presents a charming story of one family's struggle to run their own alternative school in a time of Democratic idealism.
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Details
- Title When the White House Was Ours
- Author Shreve, Porter
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Thus
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, NY USA
- Date 2008
- Bookseller's Inventory # 190711-JP48
- ISBN 9780618722105 / 0618722106
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.6 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 14.22 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Geographic Orientation: District of Columbia
- Locality: Washington, D.C.
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Washington (D.C.)
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008011432
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Loosely based on Porter Shreve’s own childhood, When the White House Was Ours is the atmospheric and captivating story of a family’s struggle to stay together against great odds.
It’s 1976, and while the country prepares to celebrate the bicentennial, Daniel Truitt’s family is falling apart. His father, Pete, has been fired from yet another teaching job, and his mother, Valerie, is one step away from leaving for good. But when Pete lucks into a crumbling mansion in the nation’s capital, he makes a bold plan to start a school under his own roof where students and teachers will be equals.
Replete with the wry humor, human insight, and cultural resonance that characterizes Shreve’s critically acclaimed fiction, When the White House Was Ours will be a joy to anyone whose family has lived through an idealistic time and ended up in an era of compromise.
It’s 1976, and while the country prepares to celebrate the bicentennial, Daniel Truitt’s family is falling apart. His father, Pete, has been fired from yet another teaching job, and his mother, Valerie, is one step away from leaving for good. But when Pete lucks into a crumbling mansion in the nation’s capital, he makes a bold plan to start a school under his own roof where students and teachers will be equals.
Replete with the wry humor, human insight, and cultural resonance that characterizes Shreve’s critically acclaimed fiction, When the White House Was Ours will be a joy to anyone whose family has lived through an idealistic time and ended up in an era of compromise.
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Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 40
- Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/2008, Page 778
- New York Times Book Review, 11/02/2008, Page 19
- Publishers Weekly, 07/14/2008, Page 44