Thursday's Child

A young woman, looking back on her childhood, recounts her farm family's poverty, her father's cowardice, and her younger brother's obsession for digging tunnels and living underground. Sonya Hartnett’s Haunting, Mythical Novel - Now In Paperback Harper Flute Believes That Her Younger Brother Tin, With His Uncanny Ability To Dig, Was Born To Burrow. While Their Family Struggles To Survive In A Bleak Landscape During The Great Depression, The Silent And Elusive Little Tin - Born On A Thursday And So Fated To His Wanderings - Begins To Escape Underground, Tunneling Beneath Their Tiny Shanty. As Time Passes, Tin Becomes A Wild Thing, Leaving His Family Further And Further Behind. With Exquisite Prose, Richly Drawn Characters, And A Touch Of Magical Realism, Sonya Hartnett Tells A Breathtakingly Original Coming-of-age Story Through The Clear Eyes Of An Observant Child. It’s An Unsentimental Portrait Of A Loving Family Faced With Poverty And Heartbreak, Entwined With A Surreal Vision Of The Enigmatic Tin, Disappearing Into A Mysterious Labyrinth That Reaches Unimaginably Far, Yet Remains Hauntingly Near. Will Be Treasured By Teens. . . . A Beautiful And Complex Coming-of-age Story That Will Burrow Into Young People’s Deepest Hopes And Fears, Shining Light On The Darkest Rooms. - Booklist (starred Review) "A startling coming-of-age story. . . . Through Harper, Hartnett captures the humanity of her spirited, slightly eccentric, and then nearly broken characters." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Harper Flute believes that her younger brother Tin, with his uncanny ability to dig, was born to burrow. While their family struggles to survive in a bleak landscape during the Great Depression, the silent and elusive little Tin begins to tunnel beneath their tiny shanty. As time passes, Tin becomes a wild thing, leaving his family further and further behind. Sonya Hartnett tells a breathtakingly original coming-of-age story through the clear eyes of an observant child, with exquisite prose, richly drawn characters, and a touch of magical realism.