Hey Ma, Where's Willie?: Lights Over The Cornfield

Harvest is a hard season, and on this farm there is always more work than time. So when one of ten children fails to show up for supper, the loss feels less like tragedy and more like inconvenience. Plates are passed, pork chops are eaten, and the corn still needs bringing in. Yet beneath the father's rough humor runs a steady unease. Willie was never like the others. He asked questions no one around here cared to answer. He read books no one else bothered with. He saw things in the hills t...