num_pages: 232
description: In Robin Jenkins' new novel he gets inside the soul of an isolated young boy, Matthew, who is abandoned by his painter father after his mother's death and is left to be brought up by his sternly religious relatives and a family housekeeper.At school Matthew encounters the angelic Sheila, a preternaturally bright child, who reveals to him that she has in fact committed murder in the past. When Matthew's father returns to the household with a new wife, Matthew decides to put Sheila's claims to the test.
language: English
title: Matthew and Sheila
titlecomplete: Matthew and Sheila
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Polygon