Barbara Carter: 4 books

Barbara Ann cannot understand why she should feel so alone in a house filled with so many. Or why her mother collects people like others collect stamps or teacups. The six-bedroom house is filled with children and elderly adults, noise and confusion. Anything can happen at any moment. Her...

In the 1970s, outside the town of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, Barbara Ann is thirteen, going into grade seven and starting a new school. She wants what most other teenage girls want: the right hair, the right clothes, the right friends, the right boyfriend, and everything else that leads to love...

In 1975, sixteen-year-old Barbara Langille faces a long, sad, lonely summer without her boyfriend, Will. She waits for a letter from him, some word that shows her he still cares. On antidepressants, and hoping the pills will prevent another breakdown, she believes she's on solid ground, but will soon...

The contents of this book consist of poetry that I wrote while in my teen years and current pencil drawings combined with those poems. I printed out my poems, arranging the words on paper as I was inspired to in the moment. Those words that were written by the two younger parts of me: I decided to...