This novel follows the story of Ruthie, and her sister Lucille. Through several tragedies, they find themselves orphaned and put in the care of , first two great aunts - unsuited for raising two young girls, and then their aunt Sylvie, a drifter.
Life for the young girls is difficult living with their eccentric aunt, amid the mountains, and soon the sisters who were once so close, drift apart. Lucille leaves, looking for and finding social acceptance, and Ruth is now alone with Sylvie, drifting further from the socially accepted norm. She comes to be close to, and depend on Sylvie, as in her own way, Sylvie depends on her.
While not the most memorable novel I have read, it is a good book.
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