Books Tell You Why, Inc.

First American edition/first printing in Near Fine, seemingly unread condition with traces of sunning to edges in Fine dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number on front paste down. Scarce.

In Fiela's Child, thirteen-year-old Fiela lives in a small, isolated community in the Appalachian Mountains with her father and ten siblings. When Fiela's father is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he asks his children to choose which one of them will take care of him. Fiela is the only girl, so she is chosen. Fiela is determined to make her father happy and care for him until he dies. Fiela's siblings are resentful of her and her father, but she is determined to make the best of the situation. Fiela's Child is a heartwarming story about family, love, and sacrifice.; 8vo.