The Elm at the Edge of the Earth
Robert D. Hale
351 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0393309770
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1992
In the idyllically rural American Midwest, between the wars, young David is farmed out to relatives when his mother is hospitalized with a life-threatening illness. A shy and painfully sensitive only child, David slowly blossoms among the lonely, loving adults of the county home, where his Aunt Maude is head cook.