Sunday, March 25, 2012

Just Jennifer

What Dies in Summer by Tom Wright (W.W. Norton, May 2012)


James and his cousin L.A. have found a home with their grandmother as each of their traditional families fail them. James has come to live with his grandmother to be away from his abusive step-father; LA has just arrived and won’t reveal what has brought her to this haven. James has the gift of Sight but hasn’t learned how it can help him affect his world and the world of others. The discovery of the mutilated body of a young girl unleashes something that summer that will bring to light long kept secrets of a family in distress, tear that family apart and then slowly rebuild it in a different shape, one that will support and heal each of its members, keeping them safe from others and from themselves.

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