Dimensions
130 x 198 x 31mm
Growing up in hard-scrabble coal country with a drunk father and a runaway mother hasn t been easy for teen brothers Kyle and Klint. And when their dad smashes his truck and dies after a few too many beers, the boys are shocked that their often-absent mother plans to take them back to her new home out West. After all, their mom hasn t cared for Kyle and Klint for years.She still doesn t. Their mom quickly hands the boys over to 75-year-old Candace Jack, a curmudgeon with an acidic tongue who surprises herself in agreeing to take the boys.Living together isn t easy, but the boys discover that Candace has a tragic, passionate past and the three discarded souls help each other to heal.With Tawni O Dell s trademark tenderness, vivid sense of place, and complex characters, Fragile Beasts is a beautifully crafted novel told from two very different points of view: a fourteen-year-old boy s and a seventy-five-year-old woman s.It s a wonderfully touching novel with two fascinating narrators who will wholly capture readers hearts.
