A powerful story of repression, cruelty and hope.
As the Depression rages in 1930s America, Hannah Meier, the younger daughter of German immigrants, is isolated from the world on a remote Nebraskan farm. Hers has been a life of thankless drudgery, where beatings are routine, and mirrors are considered the work of the devil - but it is only after the death of her mother that Hannah learns the true meaning of abuse.
For her father's extreme religious views mask only selfishness and lust; and Hannah's brother Karl is truly "Vater's" son...
Escape seems possible when Hannah's sister Gerta gets a job in the nearby town, and seeks to help her little sister. Fate however is on Vater's side -and even Gerta must return to the farm, bitter in her helplessness.
Yet Hannah learns to endure, using a unique combination of hatred and hope to see her through. And she clings to the memory of Jake Coryell, the town boy who once stole a kiss - and who might still remember her today...
"Exceptional" Today
"She succeeds in thoroughly engaging the
reader's heart" Kirkus Reviews
Genre: General Fiction
As the Depression rages in 1930s America, Hannah Meier, the younger daughter of German immigrants, is isolated from the world on a remote Nebraskan farm. Hers has been a life of thankless drudgery, where beatings are routine, and mirrors are considered the work of the devil - but it is only after the death of her mother that Hannah learns the true meaning of abuse.
For her father's extreme religious views mask only selfishness and lust; and Hannah's brother Karl is truly "Vater's" son...
Escape seems possible when Hannah's sister Gerta gets a job in the nearby town, and seeks to help her little sister. Fate however is on Vater's side -and even Gerta must return to the farm, bitter in her helplessness.
Yet Hannah learns to endure, using a unique combination of hatred and hope to see her through. And she clings to the memory of Jake Coryell, the town boy who once stole a kiss - and who might still remember her today...
"Exceptional" Today
"She succeeds in thoroughly engaging the
reader's heart" Kirkus Reviews
Genre: General Fiction
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