The Onlyhouse

by Teresa Toten

Life for Croatian immigrant Lucy Vakovik isn't easy, especially when her mother has to scrimp and save, and Lucy has trouble fitting in. But Lucy's got spunk enough to know she's not a stereotype like some people think -- she's Lucy and that's a good place to start.

Library Binding

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

My earliest and most fervent ambition was to grow up and take my rightful place among the other mermaids. When cruel and insensitive adults crushed that dream by insisting that mermaids did not exist, I settled on the more mature aspiration of becoming an intergalactic astronaut. Then I realized that math would likely be involved. So, in the end, I went to Trinity College at the University of Toronto where I got a BA and then an MA in Political Economy taking great care not to take a single English or Creative Writing class. The only thing I knew for sure was that I was never ever going to be a writer. That would be silly, fanciful and well, unrealistic. And then I started to write...

Reviews

[Nisha · Rating 2 out of 5]

My father died of pneumonia. That's pneumonia. For years I thought he died of ammonia until my grade three teacher explained that ammonia was a cleaning solvent. So unless he drank the ammonia, which would have been stupid, he must have died of pneumonia.

[Ashleigh Fletcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book but it’s not my favourite