Brooke Smith Books

A grandmother and granddaughter save the world one word at a time in this lyrical, affecting tale about the importance of words and nature, and the power of observation to bring the world to life, like Rachel Carson's Silent Spring for nature words.

A kaleidoscopic history of the 1990s, a decade of fin-de-siecle hope and exuberance - plus the events, ideas and people who made and broke it