The Crane Husband

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Barnhill, Kelly, Fantasy / Barnhill, Kelly
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Barnhill, Kelly	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Barnhill, Kelly	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Barnhill, Kelly	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Barnhill, Kelly	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Barnhill, Kelly	4-week checkout	Due 05-24-2024

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
"Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family. "Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters." A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brother while her mother, a talented artist, weaves beautiful tapestries. For six years, it's been just the three of them-her mother has brought home guests at times, but none have ever stayed. Yet when her mother brings home a six-foot tall crane with a menacing air, the girl is powerless to prevent her mom letting the intruder into her heart, and her children's lives. Utterly enchanted and numb to his sharp edges, her mother abandons the world around her to weave the masterpiece the crane demands. In this stunning contemporary retelling of "The Crane Wife" by the Newbery Award-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, one fiercely pragmatic teen forced to grow up faster than was fair will do whatever it takes to protect her family-and change the story"-- Provided by publisher.

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interesting twist on an old folktale submitted by apknapp on June 16, 2023, 3:09pm The folktale elements are just a framing device to explore the fear and frustration of a teenage girl living in an abusive household; she's forced to protect herself and her younger brother because their mother is not capable of acknowledging the danger she has brought into their home. The mythical framing helps the story flow more easily, when the subject matter could otherwise become unbearably heavy.