Alison Reads

Two children are raised by their father in rural New Mexico. They never leave their yard, never see TV, and are completely isolated from the modern world. When they are in their early twenties, Jimmy rebels and leaves home. Dorothea goes in search of him a year or so later when their father falls ill, and together they try to find out the details of their mother’s death. Primarily told from Dorothea’s perspective, this book is a fascinating character study. I read it straight through in one day.