From the author of the bestselling "Mother of Pearl" comes a beautifully crafted story of redemption set in 1960s Mississippi. Along a dirt road lined by sharecropper houses lies Chalktown, a small village of folks who communicate mainly through chalkboards hanging from their front porches. On one spring day, Hezekiah straps his disabled younger brother to his back and sets off for Chalktown, leaving his family to confront a tragedy of its own.
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From the author of the bestselling "Mother of Pearl" comes a beautifully crafted story of redemption set in 1960s Mississippi. Along a dirt road lined by sharecropper houses lies Chalktown, a small village of folks who communicate mainly through chalkboards hanging from their front porches. On one spring day, Hezekiah straps his disabled younger brother to his back and sets off for Chalktown, leaving his family to confront a tragedy of its own.
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