385 pages
English language
Published Feb. 20, 2008 by Goose Lane.
Reading by lightning
by Joan Thomas
4 stars
(1 review)
Lily Piper and her family live in an ephemeral world, due to collapse any moment when the Lord comes to pluck his faithful from the drought-ravaged Prairies. Lily tries to be ready, but she is restless, not the daughter she feels her mother wants.
Subjects
- Fathers and daughters
- Working class
- World War, 1939-1945
- Fiction