Holding Up the Earth
Holding Up the Earth by Dianne Gray is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins Publishers in October 2006. This 210-page book is written in English and explores the journey of a young girl named Hope, who has spent eight years moving between foster homes following her mother’s tragic death. As she adjusts to life on a Nebraska farm with her new foster mom, Sarah, Hope grapples with her memories and the silence of rural life, which contrasts sharply with her previous experiences in the city.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of family, adoption, and the challenges faced by children in foster care. As Hope navigates her new environment, she begins to connect with the past and the voices of girls who once lived in the farmhouse, ultimately learning to embrace her new family. The story captures the complexities of growing up and the search for belonging, set against a backdrop of historical and country life in the United States.
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It has been eight years since Hope’s mom died in a car accident. Eight years of shuffling from foster home to foster home. Eight years of trying to hold on to the memories that tether her to her mother. Now Sarah, Hope’s newest foster mom, has taken her from Minneapolis to spend the summer on the Nebraska farm where Sarah grew up. Hope is set adrift, anchored only by her ever-present and memory-heavy backpack. Accustomed to the clamor of city life, Hope is at first unsettled by the silence that descends over the farm each night. But listening deeply, she begins to hear the quiet: the crickets’ chirp, the windsong, the steady in and out of her own breath. Soon the silence is replaced by voices, like echoes sounding across time — the voices of girls who inhabited the old farmhouse before her. Reluctantly, Hope begins to stretch down roots in the earth and accept this new family as her own.
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