Author(s): Gigi Amateau
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 196
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Date Published: 2007-04-10
Dimensions: 132.1 x 190.5 x 15.2mm
Publication City/Country: Cambridge, MA, United States
Edition: Reprint
Illustrations: 1-COLOR

"It's rare and exciting to discover a talented new writer like Gigi Amateau." -- Judy Blume Twelve-year-old Georgia Tate wishes she could stay home in Mississippi forever with her preacher granddaddy and her best friend Ginger. After losing her nana to a heart attack, she desperately wishes she could tell her granddaddy why she can't possibly move in with Daddy -- about the things he does that make her feel so ashamed. With a vivid narrative voice, Gigi Amateau tells an unflinching tale of a sensitive girl caught in the trauma of incestuous abuse. But it is also a story of survival -- an ode to the solace of family, the mercy of strangers, and the possibility of hope and healing.