02284cam a2200277 4500 877238602 TxAuBib 20230630120000.0 230627s2023||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9798885789523 hardcover alk. paper TxAuBib Goodman, Allegra. Sam [Large Type Book] : a novel / Allegra Goodman. Large print ed. [Farmington Hills, Mich] : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2023. 437 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike press large print basic. "'There is a girl, and her name is Sam.' So begins Allegra Goodman's moving and wise new novel. Sam is seven years old and living in Beverly, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though he isn't around much. Her mother struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind Sam that if she studies hard and acts responsibly, adulthood will be easier--more secure and comfortable. But comfort and security are of little interest to Sam. She doesn't fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don't question the rules. She doesn't care about jeans or rules. She just wants to climb--trees, fences, walls, the side of a building. Hanging from the highest limbs of the tallest trees, scaling the side of a building, Sam feels free. As a teenager, Sam begins to doubt herself. She yearns to be noticed, even as she wants to disappear. When her climbing coach takes an interest in her, his attention is more complicated than she anticipated. She resents her father's erratic behavior, but she grieves after he's gone. And she resists her mother's attempts to plan for her future, even as that future draws closer. The simplicity of this tender, emotionally honest novel is what makes it so powerful. Sam by Allegra Goodman will break your heart, but will also leave you full of hope"--Provided by the publisher. 20230630. Dysfunctional families Fiction. Self-confidence Fiction. Girls Fiction. Bildungsromans. Thorndike press large print basic. RV8