Summary
To provide for his children after being drafted into military service, surgeon Frank Kappus, a recent widower, marries a young woman who struggles to keep one of the children from being declared mentally unfit. Full description
Summary: |
To provide for his children after being drafted into military service, surgeon Frank Kappus, a recent widower, marries a young woman who struggles to keep one of the children from being declared mentally unfit. |
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Physical Description: |
375 pages ; 24 cm |
ISBN: |
9781619022379 (hbk.) 1619022370 (hbk.) |
Author Notes: |
Maria Hummel is a writer and editor at MOCA in Los Angeles. She earned a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University and taught there for several years. She has written several books including the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, Still Lives. Her other title's include Motherland and the poetry collection House and Fire. She is currenty an assistant professor at the University of Vermont. (Bowker Author Biography) |