![]() ![]() ![]() His efforts, and hers to dodge them, combine for an explosive climax the brief epilogue is abrupt by comparison. Dodgson, who seems to be trying to help her. Katherine fears the entrance of social services and the possible break-up of her family so deeply that she tells wild lies to teachers, especially to Mr. Even small tragedies-an overflowing sink or a sulky heating system-can completely consume the family, already coping with emotional burdens. Her father is far away, with his new family her mother has been in a bedridden, alcoholic stupor for weeks. Katherine, 15, living on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., is desperate to keep her sister Tracey, brother Douglas, and half-sister Alisa, fed, clothed, and in school. ![]() An overstuffed page-turner, both melodramatic and absorbing, with a tried-and-true premise: a sibling's struggle to keep her family together despite overwhelming parental neglect. ![]()
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