"A talented storyteller, and a master at creating memorable characters," -BookLife Review, Editor's Pick In 1951 Tidewater, VA ten-year-old Gracie sits, tears streaming, clutching her dog. Her daddy is sending her and Brown Hound to Grandma Emily for the summer. They are too rowdy for her high-strung mother. On the North Carolina farm Gracie meets her family. Great Granny Jane smokes a pipe and is fast with her cane,...