In early 20th century Pennsylvania, a few months after her sister's mysterious death, eight-year-old Violet befriends a motherless schoolmate, Stanley, who works as a breaker boy in the mines. Meanwhile, Violet's father and mother find other ways cope with their grief.
- ISBN10 1617752274
- ISBN13 9781617752278
- Publish Date 21 August 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English