The South: A Novel Maggie O'Farrell and a prince in distress

and a prince in distress in this “appealingly breezy” (Kirkus Reviews) and “deftly written” (School Library Journal

her mother suggests that a family curse could be to blame

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The South: A Novel Maggie O'Farrell and a prince in distressA radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summerabout family, desire, and what we inherit. When his grandfather dies, Jay travels south with his family to the property theyve inherited, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Jays father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of