![]() ![]() ![]() Lonely and misunderstood, she seems destined for a fate as tragic as that of any of the sharp-tongued saints she turns to for advice.įilled with the witty dialogue and richly authentic detail that Karen Cushman"s work is known for, Matilda Bone is a compelling comic novel about a girl who learns to see herself and others clearly, to laugh, and to live contentedly in this world. Matilda is appalled by the worldliness of her new surroundings and yearns for the days at the manor when all she did was study and pray. To Matilda"s dismay, her work will not involve Latin or writing, but lighting the fire, going to market, mixing plasters and poultices, and helping Peg treat patients. ![]() The setting is a small city in fourteenth-century England. ISBN: 9780547722429 Author: Cushman, Karen Binding: Paperback Fiction/ Nonfiction: Fiction Subject: History and Historical Fiction Annotation: Into the. To Blood and Bone Alley, home of leech, barber-surgeon, and apothecary, comes Matilda, raised by a priest to be pious and learned, and now destined to assist Red Peg the Bonesetter. This meticulously-researched historical novel by the author of The Midwife ’s Apprentice tells the story of Matilda, a fiercely religious girl who, against her will, becomes the attendant of a bone-setter named Red Peg. In her long-awaited new novel, Newbery medalist Karen Cushman assembles a cast of unforgettable characters in a fascinating and pungent setting: the medical quarter of a medieval English village. Matilda, a somewhat stuck-up, serious, devout young woman finds herself disgusted at her new position. ![]()
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