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Thin White Line

by Rayanne Moore

Published 1983252 pagesISBN 978-0-3731-6008-2

The difference of needing and being needed is a thin white line Every time simple movement brought Aldora Cassidy physical pain she was reminded of her accident.... A tumble from a garden wall so badly damaged her spine that she was left with the prospect of living in a wheelchair forever. A risky operation and Aldora's unbeatable courage lifted her back on shaky feet to resume her career as a muralist. Her daily challenges came from within until Aldora won the highly coveted position of artist of the Edgely Foundation in Los Angeles--and its director Adam Holcomb appeared in her life. Adam's passion made Aldora see beyond herself and into the painful shadows of his past that unite them in a fiery destiny!

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Nonfiction, Fiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Themes to notice

Nonfiction · Fiction

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Content notes

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Reading experience

Balanced tone · Steady pace

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Who it may suit

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Powerful4.3/5

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A quick reading snapshot

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Reading lengthA standard-length read252 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 1983
Primary categoryNonfictionAlso cataloged under Fiction
ISBN-13
978-0-3731-6008-2
Language
English
Edition record
OL10740104M
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Good to know

A comfortable full-length choice for steady daily reading.

Begin with its place in Nonfiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

Mark one passage that sharpens the book's central concern and one that complicates it. That tension often reveals more than a quick summary.

Three questions to carry with you

  1. Whose perspective organizes the story, and whose perspective remains outside it?
  2. Which sources or lived experiences carry the author’s central argument?
  3. How does the book change the way you understand its larger subject?

Editorial framework by Wesley Bryan, BookenDeX Founder and Editor.