"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." — Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. — "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, — good!" Gram said. "Delicious!" — And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing — mother, and the lunatic.
In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech int... more »ricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion.« less