Ms. Hempel Chronicles by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum
Ms. Hempel Chronicles is a deeply affecting (Los Angeles Times) novel of a devoted young teacher finding her way
Ms. Beatrice Hempel, teacher of seventh grade, is new--new to teaching, new to the school, newly engaged, and newly bereft of her idiosyncratic father. Grappling awkwardly with her newness, she struggles to figure out what is expected of her in life and at work. Is it acceptable to introduce swear words into the English curriculum, enlist students to write their own report cards, or bring up personal experiences while teaching a sex-education class? Sarah Shun-lien Bynum finds characters at their most vulnerable, then explores those precarious moments in sharp, graceful prose. From this most innovative of young writers comes another journey down the rabbit hole to the wonderland of middle school, memory, daydreaming, and the extraordinary business of growing up.
Bynum, Sarah Shun-Lien: - Sarah Shun-lien Bynum is the author of the novels Ms. Hempel Chronicles, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award; and Madeleine Is Sleeping, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. Her fiction has appeared in many magazines and anthologies, including the New Yorker, Ploughshares, Tin House, The Best American Short Stories, and the O. Henry Prize Stories. The recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award and an NEA Fellowship, she was named one of 20 Under 40 fiction writers by the New Yorker. She lives in Los Angeles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780151014965 |
| ISBN 10 | 0151014965 |
| Title | Ms. Hempel Chronicles |
| Author | Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P |
| Year published | 2008-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 193 |
| Prizes | PEN/Faulkner Award |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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