The Marble Harvest

Life interrupts Beatrice´s efforts to write about her summer vacation. Beatrice grapples with having to reveal a vulnerable fact about herself versus inventing a vacation story that was more like that of a "normal" child.

Beatrice is a normal ten year old girl growing up in California´s central valley. During the course of the story, she faces grown-up problems, and reveals to her classmates and her teacher, some truths about who she is. While dealing with family emergencies and economic h...