Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband , a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family.
In this stunning contemporary retelling of The Crane Wife by the Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon , one fiercely pragmatic teen forced to grow up faster than was fair will do whatever it takes to protect her family--and change the story..
Utterly enchanted and numb to his sharp edges, her mom abandons the world around her to weave the masterpiece the Crane demands.
Yet when her mom brings home a six-foot tall Crane with a menacing air, the girl is powerless to prevent her mom letting the intruder into her heart, and her children\'s lives.
For six years, it\'s been just the three of them--her mom has brought home guests at times, but none have ever stayed.
A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brother while her mom, a talented artist, weaves beautiful tapestries.
This is why farmers have daughters.
Mothers fly away like migrating birds.
Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband , a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family
