New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Version 2)

A childhood remembered like a held breath. Lucy Larcom looks back on growing up in early New England: the seaside town, the crowded loving household, the mill work she began as a girl, and the books that set her free. You will discover a warm, honest memoir of family life, work, and the making of a mind, told with the gentleness of memory and the sharpness of truth. A quiet classic of American girlhood. Play the sample and step into her world.