The Discomfort of Evening
After a fatal accident breaks the routine of a religious Dutch dairy farm, ten-year-old Jas and her siblings turn grief into disturbing rituals and fantasies.
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What the story sets in motion
After a fatal accident breaks the routine of a religious Dutch dairy farm, ten-year-old Jas and her siblings turn grief into disturbing rituals and fantasies.
How this choice differs
Small Things Like These also places harm beside religion and rural routine, but follows an adult deciding whether to act rather than children left without comfort.
A good fit if…
You want a child’s startling language to show grief taking hold of a strictly religious farm family.
Consider another book if…
You need grief handled gently or kept offstage; the publisher warns of disturbing rituals, fantasies and violent imagery.
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