Up A Road Slowly
Author:
Irene Hunt
Publication:
1966 by Follett Publishing Company
Genre:
Fiction
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When her mother died, seven-year-old Julie Trelling was sent to live in the country with her maiden aunt.
Living with the austere and inflexible Aunt Cordelia was a difficult adjustment to make, but gradually Julie began to understand her aunt and the values she lived by—integrity, compassion, and strength of character.
Up a Road Slowly is the story of a girl growing to maturity and of the people who influenced her life along the way; Uncle Haskell, the weak-willed dilettante who taught her tolerance; Laura, the beautiful sister who taught her to share love; Aggie, the retarded, unkempt schoolmate who taught her compassion; and Brett, the high school hero who taught her to be wiser with her heart.
This is a sensitive and perceptive book which will be welcomed and appreciated by those who are now experiencing or who have already experienced the sometimes painful often beautiful years of adolescence. It is the story of one girl, Julie Trelling, but it could be the story of many.
Ages 12 and up
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Irene Hunt
1907-2001American
Irene Hunt was born in southern Illinois and spent the early years of her life on the farm where the story of Across Five Aprils takes place. S... See more
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Up A Road Slowly
Reviewed by Sara Masarik
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt is a lovely and thoughtful coming-of-age story about a young female writer. Though not strictly autobiographical, the novel brims with emotional authenticity and bears notable similarities between Hunt’s life and the lives of her characters. Like her protagonist Julie Trelling, Hunt grew up in the rural Midwest. Julie’s Aunt Cordelia, a strong and nurturing figure, mirrors Hunt’s own experiences as a schoolteacher before her retirement in 1961. As I read, I couldn’t shake the feeling that Hunt had poured much of herself into both Julie and Cordelia, crafting characters that felt deeply personal and vivid.
Up a Road Slowly
"Kindness, compassion and a sense of humor"—these qualities, rather than an external resemblance, link Julie's story to...
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