Told by three resonant and evocative characters, Jess, Adelaide Lyle, the town midwife and moral conscience and Clem Barefield, a sheriff with his own painful past, the book is a haunting tale of courage in the face of cruelty and the power to love to overcome the darkness that lives in us all.
Adventurous, Jess is enormously protective of his older brother, Christopher, a mute, whom everyone calls Stump. Though their mother has told them not to snoop, Stump can't help sneaking a peek at something he's not supposed to. This is an act that will have catastrophic consequences shattering both his world and Jess's. It's a wrenching event that thrusts Jess into a world that he is not prepared for.
Excellent story!!!!
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