Because of Winn-Dixie by Jeff Daniels
An unforgettable first novel about coming of age one sweet summer--and learning to love what you have. The summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket--and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is better at making friends than anyone Opal has ever known, and together they meet the local librarian, Miss Franny Block, who once fought off a bear with a copy of WAR AND PEACE. They meet Gloria Dump, who is nearly blind but sees with her heart, and Otis, an ex-con who sets the animals in his pet shop loose after hours, then lulls them with his guitar. Opal spends all that sweet summer collecting stories about her new friends and thinking about her mother. But because of Winn-Dixie or perhaps because she has grown, Opal learns to let go, just a little, and that friendship--and forgiveness--can sneak up on you like a sudden summer storm. Recalling the fiction of Harper Lee and Carson McCullers, here is a funny, poignant, and utterly genuine first novel from a major new talent.
Jeff Daniels is a highly respected freelance motoring journalist, well-known and well-connected throughout the motoring industry. He won the Renault UK Journalist of the Year Award in 2002 for the first edition of this book, and The Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy in 2003 for another of his Haynes titles, Driving Force.
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| EAN | 0024543189718 |
| Title | Because of Winn-Dixie |
| Format | Closed-captioned Colour Dolby Dubbed DVD-Video Full Screen Subtitled Widescreen NTSC |
| Region Code | 1 |
| Running time | 691 |
| Studio | BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE |
| Audience Rating | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
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