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Champion of the Minnesota Reserve Award, writer Alison McGhee pens stories shimmering with shrewd real truth and crazy imaginings. On this moving novel, she says of the growing camaraderie between two oddly matched up people as they reveal their completely different world. Which has a missing dad, sister, and grandfather - and a mom who won't clarify - 11-year-old Clara lives with many questions. When she commences interviewing an seniors immigrant for a institution biography assignmnent, she learns he too has a shadowy former. Attempting to complete spaces, Clara invents version after version of tales for both her new friend and herself. As the stories evolve, she uncovers some unsettling family history, but most of all, she begins to find what matters most in life. Filled with small surprises, Darkness Baby reaches turns funny, poignant, and heartwarming. Narrator Christina Moore provides the perfect tone for the young heroine who is smart beyond her years, but in many ways still a kid.
