Buoyed by the lyrical, redemptive voice that distinguished McFadden's acclaimed debut novel, this new book tells the powerful, deeply moving story of one family and the alcoholism and abuse that marked their lives forever. Moving fluidly between the past and the present - between a young girl choosing which belt she'll be whipped with each night and her older self at the bedside of her dying father - it is an ultimately cathartic tale of hope, healing and forgiveness.
- ISBN10 0452282918
- ISBN13 9780452282919
- Publish Date 31 December 2002 (first published 1 February 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 January 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Plume
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English