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Publisher: Publish America 
Release Date:  June 10, 2002
ISBN: 1591294304 
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Format Reviewed: Paperback 
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Genre:  Fiction
Reviewed: 2003
Reviewer: Susan Johnson 
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Magnolia
A Wilting Flower
By Barbara J Robinson 

     Magnolia was the apple of her father's eye. She was named after the little town where her Momma and Daddy met. At four-years old she adored her father and looked forward to every moment that he spent with her. When her father died her whole world is drastically changed.

     "Magnolia, A Wilting Flower" is this little girl's story. It covers the death of her beloved father and how she must learn to cope with that loss. The reader also sees how she handles her mother's remarriage and the angst of beginning school.

     Magnolia's family is rather poor and we see the struggles she encounters because of her poverty.

      Her family moves from rental house to rental house always in a poor section of town.
Christmas is often a sad affair with the children receiving very little and Magnolia pining away for a proper Christmas tree. When Magnolia takes matters into her own hands she learns a bit more about life and creates a heartwarming solution to her problem.

     Barbara J. Robinson handles this child's story with great candor and heartbreaking truth.

    As I read about the child's struggle to grow up without the father she so loved and cherished I ached once more for my own father who passed away. Not many authors can instill that feeling.