At 15, Tamara has survived the foster care system through brains, will, and attitude. Now close to getting out, she dreams of being a model. First, though, theres high school to get through, along with her teachers latest community project volunteering at the local seniors home. Tamara doubts she can endure either the residents or the smells. Then shes assigned to Jean Barclay a cranky, wealthy, and extremely frail former schoolteacher. As the two warily size each other up, they realize each is the key to achieving their own very different goals. Miss Barclay wants to attend Wagners Ring Cycle in Seattle a trip doctors insist shes too weak to undertake. Tamara wants to enroll in modeling school in Vancouver an expense she cant begin to afford. Daringly, they plan the road trip of a lifetime but can these two bossy, manipulative women keep from throttling each other before their goals are realized?
| ISBN: | 9781554980611 |
| Publication date: | 17th August 2011 |
| Author: | Huser, Glen |
| Publisher: | Groundwood Books |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |