"In The Children's Crusade, Ann Packer flawlessly executes the most daring, difficult and exhilarating feat in the novelist's repertoire: to re-create the history of an era and a place through the history of one family, finding intimacy in the sweep of time and import in the nuance of everyday life, pulling it off with mastery, authority and all the passionate artistry that lovers of her work have come to expect.". · Packer is also a superb storyteller. “The Children’s Crusade” is as much plot-driven as character-driven. From its opening pages, the book seduces us into a world far from the present era Author: Dan Cryer. · Ann Packer's new novel, The Children's Crusade, opens in California, on a scene that's so bedrock American, it's borderline corny. In the fall of Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
The Children's Crusade. Ann Packer, Scribner. pp. ISBN Summary. Bill Blair finds the land by accident, three wooded acres in a rustic community south of San Francisco. The year is , long before anyone will call this area Silicon Valley. Struck by a vision of the family he has yet to create, Bill buys the. Buy The Children's Crusade by Ann Packer online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 5 editions - starting at $ Shop now. Ann Packer's "The Children's Crusade" makes his marriage to Penny Greenway and their rearing of four children a perilous combat zone, a capacious window into a changing America, an astute.
“In The Children’s Crusade, Ann Packer flawlessly executes the most daring, difficult and exhilarating feat in the novelist's repertoire: to re-create the history of an era and a place through the history of one family, finding intimacy in the sweep of time and import in the nuance of everyday life, pulling it off with mastery, authority and all the passionate artistry that lovers of her. In The Children’s Crusade, Ann Packer flawlessly executes the most daring, difficult and exhilarating feat in the novelist's repertoire: to re-create the history of an era and a place through the history of one family, finding intimacy in the sweep of time and import in the nuance of everyday life, pulling it off with mastery, authority and. Ann Packer’s “The Children’s Crusade” makes his marriage to Penny Greenway and their rearing of four children a perilous combat zone, a capacious window into a changing America, an astute.
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