Beschreibung
After a tragic event, six-year-old Harvey finds herself in the care of a social worker and alone in the world save for one relative she has never met - a disabled ex-con, haunted by a violent past he can't escape. Moving between past and present, the novel weaves together the story of Harvey's childhood on Long Island and her life as a young woman in Paris. A meditation on the power of compassion, and the beauty of simple, everyday things.
