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Magical Tome
- First published
- 1966
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Pages
- 249 pages
The goblins must go barefoot
The outer archives are busy
About this book
Debby (later published as The Goblins Must Go Barefoot) is the tale of a young widow released from the Home for Delinquent Women to serve as maid and nanny in a small-town, middle-class household. Through the bewildered and astonished eyes of this grown woman with the mind of a child unfolds the poignant story of one southern family during the Great Depression and the early years of World War II.
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Horror / Dark Elements
Romance
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