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description: In a lyrical mixture of beauty and pain Sheila O'Connor explores the mysteries and contradictions of childhood against the background of divorce and family relocation. Readers will care a great deal about this family--especially about Callie the oldest daughter though whose eyes we see much of what takes place. Sheila O'Connor unfolds the story in brief intense chapters with an unsparing eye for emotional truth.
language: English
title: Tokens of Grace: A Novel in Stories
publisher: Milkweed Editions