Child of My Heart: A Novel
Brilliantly told and emotionally resonant, Child of My Heart explores the dichotomy of human emotion, digging into the joys and sorrows on each side of the spectrum. With a deeply compelling narrator to top it off, this is an unforgettable story.
I had in my care that summer four dogs, three cats, the Moran kids, Daisy, my eight-year-old cousin, and Flora, the toddler child of a local artist. There was also, for a while, a litter of wild rabbits, three of them, that had been left under our back steps . . .
Alice McDermott's haunting and enchanting new work of fiction her first since the bestselling Charming Billy, winner of the 1998 National Book Aw...


