Girl of the Limberlost

The Limberlost Swamp breathes in this turn-of-the-century American classic. Elnora Comstock is sixteen years old, practically a stranger in her own mother's house. Her father died the night she was born, and her mother has never forgiven her for it. But the vast Indiana wetland behind their farmhouse doesn't judge. Here, Elnora discovers a gift for studying birds and insects, and begins catching specimens to sell to collectors so she can earn enough money to attend college. What begins as survival becomes a journey toward selfhood, as this fierce young woman learns that the world contains both cruelty and extraordinary beauty, and that she is entitled to claim her share of both. A story of ecological wonder, mother-daughter wounds, and one girl's stubborn refusal to be small.