Set in a small town on Cape Cod in 1950, this tells of the relationship between Peggy Cort, a 28-year-old librarian, and James Carlson Sweatt, an “over-tall” 11-year-old. They are odd candidates for friendship, but they still find their lives entwined in ways that neither one could have predicted.

Format: Paperback
Published: in UK in 1997
Publisher: Vintage Books
Pages: 272
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780099739913
ISBN 10: 0099739917