Simon & Schuster
May 2014
On Sale: April 22, 2014
368 pages ISBN: 1451625731 EAN: 9781451625738 Paperback Add to Wish List
I go down the stairs quiet like I am something without any weight. I open the door in the dark and the cold sucks my skin towards it. It is the morning but there is no sun yet, just white light around the edges. It is the time to get the eggs. Time for my best thing. The eggs they shine with their white and I do not need the light to find them. The foxes need no light either. I am a little like the fox, he is a little like me.
Lucy is a young woman with an uncommon voice and an unusual way of looking at the world. She doesnΓ’β¬β’t understand why her mother has sent her to live with old Mister and Missus on their farm, but she knows she must never leave or her mother wonΓ’β¬β’t be able to find her again.
Also living at the farm is a pregnant teenager named Samantha who tells conflicting stories about her past and quickly becomes LucyΓ’β¬β’s only friend. When Samantha gives birth and her baby disappears, Lucy arms herself with SamanthaΓ’β¬β’s diaryΓ’β¬βas well as a pet chicken named JenniferΓ’β¬βand embarks on a dangerous and exhilarating journey to reunite mother and child. With Dear Lucy, Julie Sarkissian has created an unforgettable new heroine of contemporary fiction whose original voice, exuberance, and bravery linger long after the final page.
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