Picturing Alyssa : a novel

Lohans, Alison, 1949-

Book 2011

Through photographs, Alyssa Dixon imagines the past and the life of Deborah, a farm girl from Iowa in 1931. The photos reveal unsettling things about Deborah's family and Alyssa tries to find a way to help while dealing with her own problems at home in the present.

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