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Walton, Leslye

The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

304 pp. | Candlewick | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-6566-1 $17.99
(3) YA Narrator Ava describes her life being born (in 1944) with wings. She begins with her great-grandmother's story: Maman's emigration from Le Havre, France, to "Manhatine," her husband's disappearance, and the tragedy of two of her children's deaths. A third child, Emilienne, is Ava's grandmother, who bore her own share of troubles. Lyrical language permeates this languidly told magical realism tale full of mystery and melancholy.
Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

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