The world is a
confusing one for the
engaging narrator of Sheryl Dieatrick's wise and witty debut novel. As a young girl
growing up, people like Sadie's father just seem to
disappear When her family moves to New Orleans, the
reverse happens when her mother brings home a young boy and girl,
informing Sadie that she now has a brother and sister.
Subsequent tragedy results in an arranges marriage, but the birth of her first child - the light of Sadie's life - is a joyous event that seems to herald a new era of contentment for her. When Sadie's own mother is brutally murdered, however, she is once again plunged into the dark sea that is The Bewilderment of Death and Life.
Told with heart-wrenching poignancy, Sheryl Dieatrick's moving tale of one young girl's coming of age is sure to attract fans to this startling new talent..
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