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Daddy Long Legs
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Daddy Long Legs

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At 18 years old, Jerusha Abbott is the eldest child stuck in an orphanage with every other kid's responsibility on her shoulders. Herife takes a pivotal turn when an unnamed man, who is a trustee of the orphanage, pays for her college education being impressed by one of her essays. He decides to pay a handsome amount to her at regular intervals in return foretters written to him by Jerusha without any expectation of a response. The reader gets a visual of how Jerusha's life unfolds as she steps into a new phase of herife. She addresses him as daddyongegs for she catches a glimpse of his (long)egs as heeaves the orphanage one day. Gripping till theast page where the identity of the benefactor is revealed, this epistolary comingof- age classic is relatable to the extent that the reader canive Jerusha'sife through heretters. Her relationship with the anonymous benefactor as she grows,earns, explores and thrives, makes the reader an active yet a passive participant in her story.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Country
IN
Date
5 September 2022
Pages
152
ISBN
9789355204998

This title is printed to order. This book may have been self-published. If so, we cannot guarantee the quality of the content. In the main most books will have gone through the editing process however some may not. We therefore suggest that you be aware of this before ordering this book. If in doubt check either the author or publisher’s details as we are unable to accept any returns unless they are faulty. Please contact us if you have any questions.

At 18 years old, Jerusha Abbott is the eldest child stuck in an orphanage with every other kid's responsibility on her shoulders. Herife takes a pivotal turn when an unnamed man, who is a trustee of the orphanage, pays for her college education being impressed by one of her essays. He decides to pay a handsome amount to her at regular intervals in return foretters written to him by Jerusha without any expectation of a response. The reader gets a visual of how Jerusha's life unfolds as she steps into a new phase of herife. She addresses him as daddyongegs for she catches a glimpse of his (long)egs as heeaves the orphanage one day. Gripping till theast page where the identity of the benefactor is revealed, this epistolary comingof- age classic is relatable to the extent that the reader canive Jerusha'sife through heretters. Her relationship with the anonymous benefactor as she grows,earns, explores and thrives, makes the reader an active yet a passive participant in her story.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
Country
IN
Date
5 September 2022
Pages
152
ISBN
9789355204998