Book Specs
Binding
UK-B Format Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Published on
Aug 5, 2004
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5.08x0.83x7.80 Inches
Weight
0.52 Pounds
About the Book
When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In young Stella's case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, is the ability to see a person's probable future. Stella foresees a gruesome murder, and tells her charming, feckless father about it, but it is too late - the murder has already been committed and suspicion falls on him.
Hoffman unlocks the caskets of family life and the secret history of a community in this magical story about young love and old love, about making choices - usually the wrong ones - about foresight and consequences, all suffused with the haunting scent of roses and wisteria, and the hum of bees on a summer evening.