Synopsis A young woman, looking back on her childhood, recounts her farm family's poverty, her father's cowardice, and her younger brother's obsession for digging tunnels and living underground.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-05-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 261 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note As her family desperately tries to survive the Great Depression, Harper Flute watches her younger brother, Tin, who has an uncanny ability to dig, as he creates an underground world that he retreats to when tragedy strikes their family, in a powerful coming-of-age novel.
Industry Reviews "Beautiful and gripping writing which draws you back even as you finish the novel." Guardian (London) - Kit Spring (03/24/2002)
"Dark, unusual, familiar, and slightly miraculous--Hartnett's story is not for everyone, but it leaves its mark." Kirkus Reviews (04/15/2002)
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