Abandoned by their mother after their father's suicide, Lily and Mabel live on their own in their grandmother's old junk shop in rural Nebraska. They are bonded by their loyalty to each other-and by their urgent desire to reconcile their own versions of the past. In what she means to be a rebelli...
Emmaline brought me a plate of gingersnaps and broiled marrowbones. She dusted the snaps with cayenne pepper, which helps the night seem not so cold. I’ve been letting Emmaline read the letters I write to you. I’m letting her read this one, even as I write it. She sits wit...