About this Item
Thirteen-year-old Rachet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters. 196 very clean and tight pages. Withdrawn before even being checked out. Jacket protected in media center clear plastic cover. Seller Inventory # 003567
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Canning Season
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, NY
Publication Date: 2003
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good +
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
Edition: First Edition
About this title
What starts out as a fairly grim proposition transforms as Ratchet befriends the endearing, downright hilarious 91-year-old twins Aunt Tilly and Aunt Penpen who are "as different as chalk and cheese" and learns the ways of rural Maine. When another unwanted teenage girl named Harper ("obnoxious, but strangely compelling") enters the scene, the household dynamic changes yet again. Though fairytale-like in its setting and its charm, do not be fooled. Suicide, decapitation, wretched mothers, and a sprinkling of profanity pepper this poignant, philosophical, darkly humorous novel that dips into subjects from technology to love to death. In Horvath's capable hands, readers are left believing in the best of human nature as she switches effortlessly from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again. Wild stories, brilliant dialogue, and vats of compassion distinguish Newbery Honor author Horvath's latest offering. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson
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