In Canton, Texas, seventeen-year-old Mercy's dreams of a different life than her mother's are postponed by harsh circumstances, including the influenza epidemic of 1918-19, which forces her into doing domestic work for a loving, if troubled, family.
- ISBN10 0805088555
- ISBN13 9780805088557
- Publish Date 13 October 2009
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 271
- Language English