Set against the backdrop of the Korean War in the 1950s, a multi-layered novel about family, the power of loss and love, the repercussions of war, old secrets, and the bonds that unite and
sustain personal relationships focuses on a single family--Lark, her brother Termite, their mother Lola, their aunt Nonie, and Termite's soldier father, Robert Leavitt. 50,000 first printing.