Out of all this, to her amazement, comes a role model - one that she would never have accepted before she made a few very important discoveries on her own, things no roadmap could have shown her. And she meets an aunt and a female cousin whom she has not really known before. She also comes to know the lovely Miss Cole, as well as Mrs. Through the school year, Alice has lots to record.
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Bun and her mother rarely talk, so when Bun's mother tells Bun to leave one day, she does. What she's learned about life comes from the random books and old VHS tapes that she finds in the boxes and bags her mother brings home. Her mother is a compulsive hoarder, and Bun has had little contact with the outside world. Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe has lived a solitary life in an unsafe, unsanitary house. Little Miss Sunshine meets Room in this quirky, heartwarming story of friendship, loyalty and discovery. Download The Agony of Bun O Keefe Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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