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Schoenbohm, Ann

Rising Above Shepherdsville

312 pp. | Simon/Beach Lane | May, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-5283-0 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-5285-4
(3) 4-6 In 1977, twelve-year-old Dulcie, who's been mute since her mother's suicide, is dumped "like a stray pup without a basket" at her aunt's house in rural Ohio. There, with the help of others, she slowly begins to heal and find her voice again. Dulcie is a richly drawn protagonist struggling with enormous sadness, but debut novelist Schoenbohm's light, folksy writing keeps the story's tone hopeful.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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