A
faceoff between two eccentric Mississippi families, told mostly through the eyes of
12-year old Harriett (of the Cleve clan) against the Ratliff clan. Robin, her brother is murdered when Harriett
is a baby and she dedicates herself to find the murderer and seek retribution.
I
reread this book after coming across a quotation from it. I couldn’t remember how the story is
resolved. After re-reading, I know why. Author writes characters that are both odd
and (mostly) believable.
“To
grow up is to acquire the knowledge of cruelty and pain, to be initiated into
the grim mysteries of experience and to live to tell the tale.”
Knopt
2002, 555 p.
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