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The Canning Season: (National Book Award Winner)

by Polly Horvath

An unexpected summer with family on its own terms

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An unexpected summer with family on its own terms

Sent from Florida to spend the summer in Maine, Ratchet encounters a family life unlike the one she has known: her great-aunts Penpen and Tilly have spent nearly a century together in a secluded home, guided by their own habits and history. The wilderness setting and the arrival of unwelcome guests bring Ratchet into contact with the family’s past, while the story considers how belonging can take shape beyond the household a young person starts out in. Its mix of multigenerational family ties, unusual circumstances, and dark humor gives the book a distinctive coming-of-age frame.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in family-centered fiction
  • Readers who enjoy stories about multigenerational relationships and family history
  • Readers drawn to humorous fiction with unusual situations

Themes

Family and belongingMultigenerational relationshipsFamily historyComing of ageDark humor

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Book overview

One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark's ill-natured mother uproots her from Florida without a second thought. Ratchet is on a train to Maine for a summer with relatives within the blink of an eye. But these aren't just any relatives. Ratchet's ninety-two-year old great-aunts, twins Penpen and Tilly, live life in their secluded home on their own terms. They were born together, they grew up together, they live together, and they plan to die together. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, a plethora of strange family history, and a slew of unwelcome guests, Ratchet may just learn what a family can be after all. Unwelcome guests might just bring the greatest gifts of all.

By turns dark and humorous, Polly Horvath offers readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling!

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