Seventeen-year-old Lark, living with her aunt in West Virginia after the death of her father in the Korean War and her mother's abandonment, struggles to understand her family's past and create a future for herself and her disabled brother, Termite.
The story of a half-brother and sister, Lark and Termite, leaving in West Virginia during the Korean War. Both children were given to their Aunt Nonie by their mother. Termites father dies in the Korean War and Lark doesn't know who her father is.
In West Virginia of the 1950s, Lark and her disabled brother, Termite, are raised by their aunt while Termite's father serves in the Korean War. The mysteries of their family are revealed when their town experiences a devastating flood.
