Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
6.1
Points
19.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Fiction
Word Count
116336
Points per Word
0.000163
Page Count
450
Points per Page
0.042222
Description
Sisters Bertie and Mabel Fischer have only each other through their difficult childhood in Kentucky during the 1920s until they become separated and harbor ill will that infects three generations of women. The plot contains sexual violence.