Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free - Hardcover

Karr, Kathleen

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9780786819164: Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786819162 ISBN 13: 9780786819164

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion, 2003

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In prison, there are few secrets. But Libby Dodge, the youngest inmate, guards the nature of her crime from the other women, even as they openly recount their former lives as arsonists, thieves, and prostitutes. Libby's hopeless and miserable situation changes unexpectedly with the arrival of a new chaplain, Mrs. Wilkinson. Mrs. Wilkinson has surprising and newfangled ideas about prison reform, which include launching an elaborate production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance. The production transforms the women-their views of themselves, their abilities, their place in the world.

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Carmen Viviano-Crafts is a contributor for the following Houghton Mifflin Company Title: Gilbert & Sullivan Set Me Free (Economy)

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Melodies abound throughout this engaging novel based on the actual story of Libby Dodge, a 16-year-old sent to the Sherborn Prison for women in the early 1900s. Carmen Viviano-Crafts brings Libby alive as she finds her place in the prison world, and The Full Cast Family adds just the right spice to the hard-boiled inmates Libby befriends during her time there. Although its setting is dreary, this is a hopeful story, punctuated by bursts of songs by Gilbert and Sullivan as the inmates strive to carry out a production of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Libby and her friends will tug on listeners' heartstrings and make them want to sing along. D.L.M. � AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright � AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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