This novel summary is so intriguing, I can't wait to read the book.
“No music. No TV. No computer. No telephone. And every day, silence until supper.”
Those are the rules at Sparrow Road, where Raine O’Rourke is forced to spend her summer. Raine can't understand why her mother has agreed to work at the eerie artists' mansion as a cook.
“Not everything’s a mystery,” her mother says when Raine pesters her with questions. But Sparrow Road is full of secrets that Raine intends to find out.
Why did her mother take this sudden job in the country? What’s the truth behind the silent, brooding owner, Viktor and the aging poet, Lillian? What happened to the missing orphans who once lived in the attic? Cheered on by a cast of quirky artists who live in the mansion, Raine sets out in search of clues. The summer is full of mysteries and strange adventures, but it’s an unexpected secret from Raine’s own life that changes her forever.
Sheila O’Connor’s novel, Sparrow Road, will be published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in May 2011. O'Connor is the author of Where No Gods Came and Tokens of Grace. Where No Gods Came won the Minnesota Book Award and the Michigan Award for Literary Fiction, and was selected as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers title. Her work has been recognized with Bush Foundation, Loft McKnight and Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships. Sheila teaches fiction in the MFA program at Hamline University, where she also serves as editor of Water~Stone Review. A long-time poet with the Writer-in-the-Schools program, she has taught writing to thousands of young people. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
Sheila O’Connor’s novel, Sparrow Road, will be published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in May 2011. O'Connor is the author of Where No Gods Came and Tokens of Grace. Where No Gods Came won the Minnesota Book Award and the Michigan Award for Literary Fiction, and was selected as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers title. Her work has been recognized with Bush Foundation, Loft McKnight and Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships. Sheila teaches fiction in the MFA program at Hamline University, where she also serves as editor of Water~Stone Review. A long-time poet with the Writer-in-the-Schools program, she has taught writing to thousands of young people. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
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