| Author: | Jackie Ballantyne | ISBN: | 9781775532040 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House New Zealand | Publication: | October 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | RHNZ Adult ebooks | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jackie Ballantyne |
| ISBN: | 9781775532040 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House New Zealand |
| Publication: | October 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | RHNZ Adult ebooks |
| Language: | English |
Brilliantly capturing the voice and perspective of a young girl, this is a heart-warming, lively, funny and intriguing novel. The year 1961 is a pivotal one for nine-year-old Solly McKeen. She is a loner in a family of doubles: a 'single' with no twin of her own, and seen as a bit of an oddity by everyone in her dairy-farming community in South Otago. On learning about the unnamed paupers' graves in the local cemetery, she promises to people them: imagining characters, names and causes of death for each. While Solly unravels death and fills in the blanks on the gravestones, she unwittingly uncovers family secrets.
Brilliantly capturing the voice and perspective of a young girl, this is a heart-warming, lively, funny and intriguing novel. The year 1961 is a pivotal one for nine-year-old Solly McKeen. She is a loner in a family of doubles: a 'single' with no twin of her own, and seen as a bit of an oddity by everyone in her dairy-farming community in South Otago. On learning about the unnamed paupers' graves in the local cemetery, she promises to people them: imagining characters, names and causes of death for each. While Solly unravels death and fills in the blanks on the gravestones, she unwittingly uncovers family secrets.
