Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 978-0-439-68049-3 HC
256 Pages
Ages 9-12
5 ½” x 8 ¼”
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by Susan Shreve
Franny is constantly embarrassed by two things in her life. One is her right foot, which curls in from a birth defect so she has to wear ugly, heavy orthopedic shoes. And the other is her mother, Margaret: beautiful, extravagant, flamboyant – and, in their small Ohio town, mortifying.
Franny’s first school dance is a disaster, so Margaret announces her latest crazy plan: They will travel to Italy to meet Salvatore Ferragamo, who will sculpt a pair of slippers especially for Franny. The idea is outrageous. The trip is expensive.
And the experience changes Franny’s life forever. A novelist of rare style and wry insight offers a fictionalized page from her own autobiography – a tale of mothers, daughters, journeys, Italy, and lovely Ferragamo shoes.
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