Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The common thread among the 18 stories in Against the Odds is the way people can resourcefully overcome obstacles to realize their ambitions and dreams. The "odds" are varied in these skillfully written tales. An obstacle to one's success or happiness may lie in one's own character or the prejudice of someone else. A potential employer may cast a suspicious eye on an individual's background. A guardian seems reluctant to sponsor any further education for his charge. Other characters here are looking as much for increased self-respect as financial reward or better training.

Set in locales as varied as Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island, the stories of Against the Odds are peopled with orphans, teachers, actors, struggling single-parent families, intransigent relatives. It's a world, though distant from our own, where Montgomery's characters have problems similar to ours, and their methods of solving them are not very different from what we would try.

Language: English

Pages: 246

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Bantam Starfire

Release: November 01, 1994

ISBN: 0553565923

ISBN 13: 9780553565928

Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The common thread among the 18 stories in Against the Odds is the way people can resourcefully overcome obstacles to realize their ambitions and dreams. The "odds" are varied in these skillfully written tales. An obstacle to one's success or happiness may lie in one's own character or the prejudice of someone else. A potential employer may cast a suspicious eye on an individual's background. A guardian seems reluctant to sponsor any further education for his charge. Other characters here are looking as much for increased self-respect as financial reward or better training.

Set in locales as varied as Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island, the stories of Against the Odds are peopled with orphans, teachers, actors, struggling single-parent families, intransigent relatives. It's a world, though distant from our own, where Montgomery's characters have problems similar to ours, and their methods of solving them are not very different from what we would try.

Language: English

Pages: 246

Format: Mass Market Paperback

Publisher: Bantam Starfire

Release: November 01, 1994

ISBN: 0553565923

ISBN 13: 9780553565928

More books from Rea Wilmshurst

Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Among the Shadows: Tales from the Darker Side

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?