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Set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea, this is the story of two children--Lark, on the verge of adulthood, and her brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk but filled with radiance--who grow up with their mother and aunt while their soldier-father fights for his life during the ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
West Virginia > Fiction.
Nineteen fifties > Fiction.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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Summary:Set during the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea, this is the story of two children--Lark, on the verge of adulthood, and her brother, Termite, a child unable to walk and talk but filled with radiance--who grow up with their mother and aunt while their soldier-father fights for his life during the chaotic early months of the Korean War.
Physical Description:x, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780375401954
0375401954