The Driest Season

✍ Scribed by Kenny, Meghan

• Book ID: 109910260
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 224 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780393634594

✦ Synopsis

"An elegant coming-of-age story that brings real heart to the American heartland. The book may be set during World War II, but the questions it asks--about love, loyalty, and the meaning of life--are timeless ones." --Elliott Holt, author of You Are One of Them

As her Wisconsin community endures a long season of drought and feels the shockwaves of World War II, fifteen-year-old Cielle endures a more personal calamity: the unexpected death of her father. On a balmy summer afternoon, she finds him hanging in the barn--the start of a dark secret that threatens her family's livelihood. A war rages elsewhere, while in the deceptive calm of the American heartland, Cielle's family contends with a new reality and fights not to be undone.

A stunning debut, The Driest Season creates a moving portrait of Cielle's struggle to make sense of her father's time on earth, and of her own. With wisdom and grit, Kenny has fashioned a deeply affecting story of a...