Edith Herself

by Ellen Howard

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Orphaned by her mother's death, Edith goes to live with her older sister and her dour husband in their stern Christian farming household, where the strain of adjusting seems to aggravate her epileptic seizures.

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Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee – Honeybee (Chapter Book) – 1989)

Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – Children's – 1990)

Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee – Intermediate – 1990)

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Orphaned by her mother's death, Edith goes to live with her older sister and her dour husband in their stern Christian farming household, where the strain of adjusting seems to aggravate her epileptic seizures.

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In the 1890s, Edith is sent to live with her married sister's family. When Edith begins having "fits", she finds little understanding of her problem--epilepsy.

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