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A beautiful book set in 1960s rural America. 17 year old Darlene is grieving the death of her husband, and sees him in an older man, Clayton. We also follow the lives and histories of Clayton‘s wife, Berta Mae and her mother Aurilla.
It takes a little while to get used to the changing points of view, but the writing is wonderfully poetic. It‘s a kind-of-slow book, a meditation on grief, love and loss.
#netgalley Published yesterday in UK.
TrishB 17 year old!! 2y
squirrelbrain I suppose it was probably quite common in ‘poor‘ America in the 60s @TrishB - she had an old head on her shoulders though…. 2y