Das Versprechen : Roman

America 1940: A single terrible moment changes on the lives of twelve years Lou from scratch. In a car accident, her father is killed, and her mother falls into a coma. The only relatives who can take care of Lou and her little brother Oz, is her great-grandmother Louisa Mae, who lives on a farm in Virginia. But life in the mountains is hard, and the children must cooperate seriously. Only gradually opens up to them the beauty of the world that surrounds them. Only when a mining company stretches out his hands for the possession, Lou clear is how much it means the country that loved her father so, and that it worth fighting for ...