The Red Dress
By Gaby Halberstam.
Description
Set in 1944 in the sweltering South African wilderness, this is a powerful coming-of-age story about family and first loveIt was like looking into the crimson depths of a giant poppy. Rifke pulled off her old clothes and slipped the dress over her head, feeling its petal-soft fabric caress her skin. She darted a glance at Ma. Her mouth was set in a straight line. Still she said nothing. The argument over the red dress is the final straw for 14-year-old Rifke. Fed up with stuffy Johannesburg and her crabby, difficult mother, she snaps and recklessly boards a train out of town&mdash...
ISBN(s)
0330450530, 9780330450539
