![]() ![]() ![]() It concerns Tala enough that she takes off after him, or where she believes he might have gone. Then–FREEDOM from nosy neighbors and people saying she’s too young to be on her own, caring for her brother.īut this time, Tom’s absence seems different. Until she is thirteen, which will be in a few days. Tala resents Susan’s intrusions into their lives, but there isn’t much she can do about it. Susan, their well-intentioned neighbor, feels it is her duty to alert the authorities when he is gone for these long spells. What has happened to Tom? He has had a difficult time accepting the death of his wife, Anjij, and does have a tendency to disappear. Tala thought life was difficult enough, dodging her nosy neighbor and dealing with her little brother, Dason. The death of her mother, a stay in the hospital for her grandmother, and now her dad is missing. ![]()
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