The Empire of Dirt by Ekin OklapMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Odd little book.
A young girl in the countryside in Italy turning from a girl to a woman, aged 12 during a momentous summer. There are a few jumps around in time, and it is more than just the summer. Swarms of different types of insects and things infest their house. The girl believes she is responsible.
A few other bits and bobs about this book:
The grandmother is just as important as her mother
The village think they are witches (but really?)
her father leaves
(SPOILER: later her mother says it is her fault the infestations, and she made her husband leave, she was pregnant and had an abortion after her left. she lost a baby years prior.)
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