The anatomy of wings

Description

Ten-year-old Jennifer Day lives in a small mining town full of secrets. Trying to make sense of the sudden death of her teenage sister, Beth, she looks to the adult world around her for answers.As she recounts the final months of Beth's life, Jennifer sifts through the lies and the truth, but what she finds are mysteries, miracles, and more questions. Was Beth's death an accident? Why couldn't Jennifer--or anyone else--save her?Through Jennifer's eyes, we see one girl's failure to cross the threshold into adulthood as her family slowly falls apart.From the Hardcover edition.

Description

After the suicide of her troubled teenage sister, eleven-year-old Jenny struggles to understand what actually happened.

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• Fiction

Other Editions

• The anatomy of wingsAlfred A. Knopf2009-01-01
• The Anatomy of WingsElectronic resourceRandom House Children's Books2009-01-01