Did You Ever Have a Family National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1975) A timeless tale by the

A timeless tale by the incomparable Kate DiCamillo

clearly written and easy to understand

its weight

must return to his home world after many years on Earth

Did You Ever Have a Family National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (1975) A timeless tale by theThis book of dark secrets opens with a blaze. On the morning of her daughters wedding, June Reids house goes up in flames, destroying her entire family her present, her past and her future. Fleeing from the carnage, stricken and alone, June finds herself in a motel room by the ocean, hundreds of miles from her Connecticut home, held captive by memories and the mistakes she has made with her only child, Lolly, and her partner, Luke. In the turbulence