The Thieves of Summer

by Linda Sillitoe

Set in Salt Lake City at the height of the Great Depression, Linda Sillitoe's last novel opens with three little girls, eleven-year-old triplets, skipping in front of their house at 1300 South, across from Liberty Park. They giggle lightly as they chant:

Prin-cess Al-ice in Liberty Park
Munch-es ba-nan-as 'til way after dark.

Princess Alice is an elephant the children of Utah purchased by donating nickels and dimes to a circus. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560852275
• ISBN13: 9781560852278
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Signature Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.