Easter and
Ruby have been living in a foster home in the mountains of North Carolina since
their mother died of an overdose. There
are whispers that they will be adopted by their maternal grandparents, people
they have never met, and are scared will not even like them. Scariest of all, they live in Alaska, far
from everything they have ever known. Wade,
their dad, gave up his legal rights to the sisters years ago and claims he didn’t
understand the papers he signed and wants to do right by them now. The law is not on his side so Wade takes
Easter and Ruby one night and they set off on an adventure, which eventually
leads to the promise of witnessing baseball history. But will the trio make it with Social
Services, the police and a very dangerous man on their trail?
I really
enjoyed Cash’s A Land More Kind Than Home and was looking forward to his
next novel. It has that southern flair
of language and description but with very spare, concise writing. A mix I really enjoy. While this novel could have taken some
dark(er) turns, things progressed, at least in my opinion, very
realistically. A novel of family, home
and redemption.
