Lightning in July

By Ann L. McLaughlin

Lightning In July, by McLaughlin, Ann L. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0936784725
• ISBN13: 9780936784724
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Daniel & Daniel Publishers
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Triumph of the human heart

So deeply tragic. So tremendously sweet. Ann McLaughlin has captured humanity at its bravest. Artistic, accomplished Hally Blessing is stricken with polio in the prime of her youth, only weeks before the first polio vaccine. Within mere hours, Hally progresses from the elation of her first major venue as a young flautist to the despair of being diagnosed with polio. Overcoming the deep challenges of fear and disfigurement, Hally struggles to find the inner resources which eventually enable her triumph. The scenes, the characters (even the minor characters) are all vividly portrayed. This work is a victory for the human spirit.