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Lucinda Hunter has been a virtual recluse in a Connecticut farmhouse for 27 years. Katanya Taylor is a nine-year old from Harlem who is staying with a host family for two weeks and meets Lucinda while admiring her garden. Lucinda's acquaintance with Katanya prompts the older woman to reexamine her life.
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3 editions- Other · English · 2004MIRA Books · 348 pages · 9780778320234
- Other · English · 2003MIRA · 282 pages · 9781551666822
- Other · English · 2003Thorndike Press · 400 pages · 9780786255436
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