The late 1950s, a young woman, seeks solace from the world in the Appalachian backwoods, but her contentment is shattered with the arrival of two damaged children, her murdered sister's twins, for whom their killer father is searching believing they have stolen a cache of money. Wonderful, spare, lyrical writing, an inward-looking rural community peopled by characters powerfully drawn, I savoured it, though it wasn't liked by everyone in my book group.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 63 Winter 2011 ) |
