The Juniper Tree, in Three Attempts | Rosalie Morales Kearns
"Q: Whose head was severed from its body in that large, pleasant house? A: My brother’s head was severed from its body..."
In the Beginning | Peg Alford Pursell
"Her father likes to tell the story of her beginning, as a blue baby. She has heard it two times before, a memorable magnitude when it comes to her taciturn father..."