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Sibylla, an American-at-Oxford turned loose on London, finds herself trapped as a single mother after a misguided one-night stand. High-minded principles of child-rearing work disastrously well. J.S. Mill (taught Greek at three) and Yo Yo Ma (Bach at two) claimed the methods would work with any chil...
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New Directions,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
A New Directions paperbook ;
1340 |
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| Summary: |
Sibylla, an American-at-Oxford turned loose on London, finds herself trapped as a single mother after a misguided one-night stand. High-minded principles of child-rearing work disastrously well. J.S. Mill (taught Greek at three) and Yo Yo Ma (Bach at two) claimed the methods would work with any child; when these succeed with the boy Ludo, he causes havoc at school and is home again in a month. (Is he a prodigy, a genius? Readers looking over Ludo's shoulder find themselves easily reading Greek and more.) Lacking male role models for a fatherless boy, Sibylla turns to endless replays of Kuros |
| Carrier Form: | x, 484 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780811225502 (paperback : acid-free paper) : 081122550X (paperback : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | PS3554 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/D522-1 |