Hana AUTH-13800859 and #1 Wall Street Journal

and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Helen Hardt's passion for the written word began with the books her mother read to her at bedtime

Naomi Ortiz

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He wrote for The Blade (Toledo

Hana AUTH-13800859 and #1 Wall Street JournalIt's 1954 and nine year old Mira's life is about to change forever. After a typhoid outbreak rages through her town, robbing her of her parents and siblings, the orphaned child is forced to live with her mysterious, depressive Aunt Hana, a figure both frightening and fragile. Gradually, Mira uncovers the secrets of their troubled family history and begins to understand why her aunt is so incapable of trusting herself and the world around her. Deftly