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In this Southern saga begun by Michael McDowell and finished after his death by Tabitha King, seven-year-old Calley and her mother find themselves exiled to Pensacola Beach after the brutal murder of her father. There a woman awaits their presence—for Calley is no normal little girl.
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"A mix of magic realism and Southern gothic, this stunning collaboration…moves at a hypnotic pace, like an Alabama water moccasin slipping through black water."
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"MacDuffie portrays the child Calley with a little girl voice and a mild Southern accent yet still manages to convey a child who is smarter than her years…As the story develops, King and MacDuffie slowly reveal the how and why of Calley's gift."
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"[A] lightly supernatural confection…King completes it beautifully as to tone, aura, and flavor, and its funny and intriguing, magnetically readable."
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