Necessary noise : stories about our families as they really are

ISBN: 006051437X :
ISBN: 9780060514372
Physical Description: xiii, 239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTempest, 2006, c2003.

Book

Necessary noise : stories about our families as they really are / edited by Michael Cart ; illustrations by Charlotte Noruzi.

Cart, Michael. (Added Author). Noruzi, Charlotte, (ill.). Bauer, Joan. Hardware. (Added Author). Howe, Norma. Siskiyou Sloan and the eye of the giraffe. (Added Author). Donoghue, Emma, 1969- Necessary noise. (Added Author). Grimes, Nikki. Throwaway: a suite. (Added Author). Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- Visit. (Added Author). Thomas, Joyce Carol. Family illness: a Mom-Son conversation. (Added Author). Williams-Garcia, Rita. Woman's touch. (Added Author). Cart, Michael. Sailing away. (Added Author). Sones, Sonya. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde. (Added Author). Lowry, Lois. Snowbound. (Added Author).

Summary:

Presents a collection of ten stories about families and what they mean, describing both traditional and non-traditional families.

General Note:: "Joanna Cotler Books."

Previously published: HarperTempest, 2003.
Formatted Contents Note:: Hardware / Joan Bauer -- Siskiyou Sloan and the eye of the giraffe / Norma Howe -- Necessary noise / Emma Donoghue -- The throwaway: a suite / Nikki Grimes -- Visit / Walter Dean Myers -- A family illness: a Mom-Son conversation / Joyce Carol Thomas -- A woman's touch / Rita Williams-Garcia -- Sailing away / Michael Cart -- Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde / Sonya Sones -- Snowbound / Lois Lowry.