Three Before Nine

A Story of a Childhood

By: Bess Linnet, Monica Byles (Editor), Jean Mackey Lebleu (Designed by)

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Paperback | 26 June 2020

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338 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97 x 1.93

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Beth Anne Evans remembers the fish nibbling at her legs in the swimming hole, the brown eyes of the calf at the farm up the road, and the scent of her mother's perfume... But she has other memories too, like the roar of the car engine after bedtime, the heat of the flames when her father's store burned down, and the pallor of her sister's face after the VW bus went off the road...

Set in rural America in the 1970s, this fictionalised memoir beautifully observes and recreates an early childhood lived in the shadow of outsized adulthoods. Sometimes the darkness of Beth Anne's story threatens to overwhelm her - like that evening when even the fireflies desert her - but the light always returns, whether as the sun setting over Cape Cod or the Fourth of July fireworks exploding above a Vermont field.

Three Before Nine pulls the reader in with unusually rich dialogue and vivid description. Author Bess Linnet invites the reader to trace young Beth Anne Evans' journey along the river of her childhood as it flows - as childhood rivers always do - towards the sea of autonomy.

Industry Reviews

"I particularly like the way in which each chapter serves as a a story within itself without ever losing the thread of the story. An incredibly charming, authentic and beautifully written book and I know it will be one that I return to again. Can't recommend highly enough." DS, via amazon

"I loved this beatifully written story, told through the eyes of young Beth Ann between the ages of 4 and 9. The snapshots of rural life in the 1970s in small town America reminded me strongly of Garrison Keillor's Lake Woebegone Days." jodirilot, via amazon

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