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Miss Giardino

Title: Miss Giardino / Dorothy Bryant ; afterword by Janet Zandy.
Author: Bryant, Dorothy, 1930-2017.
Publication: New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1997.

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Description

185 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Miss Giardino is a rare testament to the inner life of a teacher, and to the possibility of growth and self-discovery at any age. As the novel begins, retired schoolteacher Anna Giardino is found unconscious in front of the high school where she once taught, in San Francisco's Mission District. She is unable to remember what has happened or who she is.
Gradually, Anna begins to recover tender but painful memories of her Italian American, working-class childhood, of her escape through education, and of her years devoted to teaching. But Anna must acknowledge that she has arrived at the end of her career estranged - from herself, from her profession, and from the students she sought to enlighten. Only when she confronts the events surrounding her mysterious "accident" can Anna accept and affirm her life.

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Genre/Form

Psychological fiction.

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ISBN

1558611746 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

97016088

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries