Wild Aster: A Novel

"A novel that marries the feel of a timeless classic with a sharp, contemporary sensibility" (Alexis Schaitkin) about a woman with a talent for survival, whose life spans the early twentieth century. Mae Smith starts her life as a stolen good: her biological mother, Ida, kidnaps her from her adoptive parents, and Mae grows up on the run, constantly changing towns and names, never able to find a home. After her mother's death, Mae is determined to live a different kind of life. But over the ...