Kristen den Hartog

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Kristen den Hartog is the author of the novels Water Wings, The Perpetual Ending, and Origin of Haloes, as well as The Occupied Garden: A Family Memoir of War-torn Holland, written with her sister, Tracy Kasaboski. Her latest novel, And Me Among Them, explores the life of a young girl who grows to giant proportions, and the impact her unusual condition has on the family as a whole. Kristen lives in Toronto with her husband and daughter. For details, visit kristendenhartog.com. -- Adopt this Author

Books

And Me Among Them

Ruth grew too fast. A young girl over seven feet tall, she struggles to conceal the physical and mental symptoms of her rapid growth, to connect with other children, and to appease her parents, Elspeth and James. Not knowing how to help Ruth, her parents turn inward, away from one another. As their marriage falters, Ruth finds herself increasingly drawn to Suzy, the dangerous girl next door. Ruth is not precocious, nor a prodigy, but her extraordinary size affords her extraordinary vision. Possessing an uncanny ability to intuit the emotional secrets of her family’s past and present, Ruth gently surfaces Elspeth and James’s vulnerabilities, their regrets, and their deepest longings. Freehand Books - $21.95 – Fiction