| Fourteen year old Grayling lives in her grandmother's house where tea is served each day at four and where women meet to tell their personal histories. The women take care of each other and of Grayling, protecting her from the story of her own past.
Over the course of her fourteenth summer, Grayling falls in love, deals with the death of a loved one and finally learns the details of her own story when she travels to visit her mother and to find out about the history of her father. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1980's-1999 Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Internal struggle/realization? Yes Struggle over Is this an adult or child's book? - Age 11-14 Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes Loss of... Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school Parents/lack of parents problem? Loving/sexing? - guy chasing Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - none Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 () United States Yes The US: - West Writing Style Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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