English author
Northern boy loses his sibling (I think it was his brother) who never comes back. His granny insists the back door is always left unlocked in case he returns. Meanwhile, his brother decides to write to the man in prison accused of snatching him/or suspected of involvement
American author
Young mother struggling to keep her daughter and son safe-helped by the local police officer. Her first love is in prison, and her daughter fights to save her little brother, ending up in foster care before being taken in at their grandfather's farm. Don't want to say more as it is an absolutely luminous book.
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