Crown

Author/Contributor(s):	Bromiley, Evanthia
Publisher:	Grove Press
Date:	06/17/2025
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"In the Woods's quiet trailer park, neighbors keep to themselves, but it's no secret Jude and her twins are in jeopardy, the eviction notice slapped on their front door like a white shout. When Jude's contractions flare just as their power is shut off, she rushes to the hospital instructing Evan and Virginia to hide in their car in the surrounding fields. If the children are discovered outside alone, they will be taken from her. Jude labors through the night in a crowded emergency room while the twins, desperate in the heat of the cramped car and spurred by their wild imaginations, strike out along the dangerous riverbank in search of a new home for their growing family. As night hurtles toward morning lockout, both mother and children reckon with what it means to live and dream in a modern America insistent on slamming doors"--