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A Brand New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceOne of the National Book Foundation's 5 Greatest Authors Under 35Finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a known book of fictionThird Devote Hype for the Barnes & Noble Discover AwardAloma is definitely an orphan, raised by her grandmother and uncle, informed in a mission school in the Kentucky hills. In the beginning of the book, she goes to an isolated tobacco plantation to be with her partner, a guy called Orren, whose family has died in a vehicle accident, leaving him in control. The area is peaceful and tough; Orren is removed and overworked. Left largely to her very own, Aloma challenges to locate excitement and elegance where she may and to stay himself in this lonesome environment.