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Jul 28, 2017JLMason rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Like a small swell heading toward the shore, this coming-of-age tale languidly rolls forward, suddenly rising up into a wave only to drop, gently, onto the beach spreading its fingers across the sand and into the future. The first person narrator is a precocious, intelligent eleven year old boy who must deal with the death of his mother and having to move from poverty in West Virginia to improved circumstances on the South Carolina coast to live with his solitary great aunt artist. Grief runs through this book in many forms, across generations, and in different characters, yet it’s an uplifting story about kindness and community and healing. I can see it being made into a thoughtful, atmospheric movie.