Description

Of all of the people in the mountain shacks, the Casteels were the cheapest -- the scum of the slopes. Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face,despite a dad meaner than five vipers,despite her tired stepmother, who worked her such as for instance a mule. For her brother Tom and the small people, Paradise clung to her pride and her desires. Sometime they'd escape and show the planet that they were good, good and gifted -- worth admiration and love.