Ebook {Epub PDF} The Driest Season by Meghan Kenny

The Driest Season evokes the naive confusion of teenage years, particularly when tragedy strikes. Set in a rural community during the s, this novel reminds us that human frailty, loyalty, and the yearning to understand life never goes away. The past was not better or safer. It’s where we all once were young.  · Meghan Kenny's debut novel, The Driest Season, grew out of her award-winning short story of the same title. This resulting quiet but satisfying novel about a long, hard summer expands her original raw, exquisite portrait of a girl in crisis into a broader examination of American adolescent anxiety and grief, contextualized by devastating global conflict Not every great short story is the ISBN Read reviews and buy The Driest Season - by Meghan Kenny (Hardcover) at Target. Choose from contactless Same Day Delivery, Drive Up and more.

the driest season by Meghan Kenny ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 13, A father's death leaves a daughter seeking answers and a return to normal life in this impressive debut novel. The Driest Season audiobook (Unabridged) By Meghan Kenny. Visual indication that the title is an audiobook. Listen to a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive accounts. As her Wisconsin community endures a long season of drought and feels the shockwaves of World War II, fifteen-year-old Cielle endures a more personal calamity: the unexpected death of her father. On a balmy summer afternoon, she finds him hanging in the barn—the start of a dark secret that threatens her family's livelihood. A war rages elsewhere, while in the deceptive calm of the American.

"An elegant coming-of-age story that brings real heart to the American heartland. The book may be set during World War II, but the questions it asks#;about love, loyalty, and the meaning of life#;are timeless ones." #;Elliott Holt, author of You Are One of. THE DRIEST SEASON by Meghan Kenny is the story of a fifteen year old girl, Cielle, who is coping with her father's death and with her own maturity and self-discovery. Cielle walks in on her father's suicidial hanging, then his death is pronounced to the world as an accidental demise. Book Summary. With wisdom and grit, Kenny has fashioned a deeply affecting story of a young woman discovering loss, heartache, and - finally - hope. As her Wisconsin community endures a long season of drought and feels the shockwaves of World War II, fifteen-year-old Cielle endures a more personal calamity: the unexpected death of her father.