Bibliograph

The smell of other people's houses, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

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The smell of other people's houses, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The smell of other people's houses

Responsibility statement

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Summary

Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else. Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother. Dora wishes she was invisible to her abusive father. Alyce is staying at home to please her parents. Hank is running away for the sake of his brothers. Four very different lives are about to become entangled. Because if we don't save each other, how can we begin to save ourselves? Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock's extraordinary, stunning debut is both moving, and deeply authentic. These intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare and wonderful talent

Target audience

adolescent

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