Read Miss Willie - Books Library

Miss Willie

Janice Holt Giles

4.9/5 (22056 ratings)

Description:As a dedicated teacher, Miss Willie could not be expected to resist her niece's call to leave her comfortable job and take over the one-room school at Piney Ridge. The school was in bad shape; they could not get a teacher; they needed her. What could she do but go, filled with zeal and plans for improving the educational opportunities of the unlettered?For all her experience and good will, Miss Willie reckoned without the stubborn resistance to change that is endemic among the people of the Kentucky hills. The Ridge folk are kind to her in spite of her queer ways. After all, her niece is a Pierce by marriage and the Pierces have lived on the Ridge for nigh on two hundred years. No need to fuss and no harm in listening to the teacher's crazy ideas about sanitation and other foolishness. To contradict or even argue would be rude. Better to let her talk and then go quietly about their accustomed ways.It takes a long time for Miss Willie to discover that these ways have their own beauty and dignity and that some of her efforts to reform them were ill-conceived. Her warmth and generosity and humor help her to bridge the gap and to find love and fulfillment in the community of Piney Ridge.Miss Willie was originally published in 1951. In the preface written for this new edition, Mrs. Giles reveals the fact that the main character is based on the character of her mother and that, although the plot is fictional, some of the episodes are taken from life. This is a story of reconciliation, of the coming together of two different ways of life. Above all, it is a story of people and of the land to which they belong.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Miss Willie. To get started finding Miss Willie, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0813118859

Description: As a dedicated teacher, Miss Willie could not be expected to resist her niece's call to leave her comfortable job and take over the one-room school at Piney Ridge. The school was in bad shape; they could not get a teacher; they needed her. What could she do but go, filled with zeal and plans for improving the educational opportunities of the unlettered?For all her experience and good will, Miss Willie reckoned without the stubborn resistance to change that is endemic among the people of the Kentucky hills. The Ridge folk are kind to her in spite of her queer ways. After all, her niece is a Pierce by marriage and the Pierces have lived on the Ridge for nigh on two hundred years. No need to fuss and no harm in listening to the teacher's crazy ideas about sanitation and other foolishness. To contradict or even argue would be rude. Better to let her talk and then go quietly about their accustomed ways.It takes a long time for Miss Willie to discover that these ways have their own beauty and dignity and that some of her efforts to reform them were ill-conceived. Her warmth and generosity and humor help her to bridge the gap and to find love and fulfillment in the community of Piney Ridge.Miss Willie was originally published in 1951. In the preface written for this new edition, Mrs. Giles reveals the fact that the main character is based on the character of her mother and that, although the plot is fictional, some of the episodes are taken from life. This is a story of reconciliation, of the coming together of two different ways of life. Above all, it is a story of people and of the land to which they belong.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Miss Willie. To get started finding Miss Willie, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Miss Willie

Miss Willie

More Books

The Miracle of Miss Willie

The Miracle of Miss Willie

The Curious Savage

The Curious Savage

University of Virginia Record

University of Virginia Record

American College Directory and Universal Catalogue

American College Directory and Universal Catalogue

Missionary Seer

Missionary Seer

Annual Report of the Superintendent and Board of Managers of the State Epileptic Colony at Abilene, Texas. ...

Annual Report of the Superintendent and Board of Managers of the State Epileptic Colony at Abilene, Texas. ...

Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112114121590 and Others

Host Bibliographic Record for Boundwith Item Barcode 30112114121590 and Others

The University of Virginia Record

The University of Virginia Record

The Poets and Poetry of Texas

The Poets and Poetry of Texas