After the unexpected death of Leonard Strickland, his wife Nell and daughters Cate and Lydia are left facing the unknown.--Source other than Library of Congress.
1959年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖
This book exposes his personal defeats and the strategies that he used that allowed him to "be what he did not see.""--Back cover
Mothers Alone; Poverty and the Fatherless Family