· Asta in the Wings, by Jan Elizabeth Watson. In her debut novel, Asta in the Wings (Tin House, ), Jan Elizabeth Watson captures the peculiar insightfulness of childhood through her seven-year-old narrator, Asta. Forbidden - ever - to leave the house and left alone during the day, Asta and her brother, Orion, fear a plague that their troubled mother has convinced them lurks outside their . Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Asta in the Wings by Jan Elizabeth Watson (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! · Bibliographic Information: Asta in the Wings by Jan Elizabeth Watson, Tin House, , ISBN Plot Summary: 7-year-old Asta Hewitt and her 9-year-old brother Orion live in seclusion with their eccentric mother, whose goal is to spend her entire life as .
"Asta in the Wings," Jan Elizabeth Watson's debut novel, is published by Portland's Tin House Books.""The Oregonian". Jan Elizabeth Watson was born in Washington, D.C. and spent nearly a decade in New York City, where she received her MFA from Columbia University. "In Asta in the Wings Jan Elizabeth Watson has created one of the most appealing fictional heroines I've encountered in a long time. Asta is brave, resourceful, intelligent, and loyal. She also happens to be seven years old, which means she's at the mercy of the unreliable adults who rule her world. [Jan Elizabeth Watson] -- Asta in the Wings is the moving and often darkly funny story of Asta Hewitt, a resourceful seven-year-old and intrepid narrator growing up in an isolated house in Bond Brook, Maine. Online version: Watson, Jan Elizabeth, Asta in the wings.
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