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A Christmas dollhouse
Unknown author · historical fiction
In Nova Scotia during the depression, Dot's family is having a hard time. Her father has work, but her mother is terribly sick, and there is barely enough money to make ends meet, let alone to get a lot of presents this Christmas. Dot sees a beautiful dollhouse that is being raffled away, but her family doesn't even have a dollar to spend there so she can enter the contest.
About this historical novel
A Christmas dollhouse by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. In Nova Scotia during the depression, Dot's family is having a hard time. Her father has work, but her mother is terribly sick, and there is barely enough money to make ends meet, let alone to get a lot of presents this Christmas. Dot sees a beautiful dollhouse that is being raffled away, but her family doesn't even have a dollar to spend there so she can enter the contest.
On HisFic we tag it under 1. Literary historical fiction so you can pair it with similar story types. Recurring themes include dollhouses, juvenile fiction, fiction, historical fiction, and christmas.
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Plot summary
In Nova Scotia during the depression, Dot's family is having a hard time. Her father has work, but her mother is terribly sick, and there is barely enough money to make ends meet, let alone to get a lot of presents this Christmas. Dot sees a beautiful dollhouse that is being raffled away, but her family doesn't even have a dollar to spend there so she can enter the contest.
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Regions & places
Global / multiple
Themes
- dollhouses
- juvenile fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
- christmas
- family life
- great depression, 1929-1939
- depressions
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open-library