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Reviewed on April 1, 1987
Gr 4-6 After the death of their widowed mother, Edith's older brothers and sister decide that they can manage the farm themselves. But Edith, the youngest, makes her home with her married sister, Alena; her husband, John; Vernon, their son; and baby Lettie. Soon the household is disrupted by Edith's "fits." Edith must come to terms with her problem and her new life. Set in the 1890s before epilepsy was controlled and understood, this story is tol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More