The listing, Brand new! "Moon Over Manifest" Hardcover Novel by Clare Vanderpool has ended.
Winner of the John Newbury Medal! The description on the back says:
"The air in Miss Sadie's parlor was hot and thick. I thought that sitting on one of those red velvety couches chock-full of fringy pillows was probably akin to suffocating. I took a deep breath and ventured around the room.
The double doors of the parlor whooshed open. A large fleshy woman stood before me in full regalia. Her eyes were all made up; her earrings and bracelets jangled. The sign in the window sais Miss Sadie was a medium. From the look of her, I'd have said that was a bit wishful.
Thinking she hadn't seen me, I turned to make a clean getaway.
'Sit down', she said, her voice thick and savory, like goulash. She put her hands flat on the table. 'Let us see if today the spirits are willing to speak.' Suddenly, it became clear: A diviner. A medium. This woman was a fortune-teller and a spirit conjurer. If you believed in that sort of thing."
I got this book as a gift, but I never read it, and I'm not really interested in doing so. Winner pays exact shipping in the US. I don't ship to Canada or internationally. Thanks for taking the time to look! Have a nice day =)