Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush signed-Author and previous owner's inscription on

and previous owner's inscription on front free endpapers

A promotional poster created to celebrate the 2007 publication of Brian Selznick's Caldecott Medal-winning novel

But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered

Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather

a strong thread of trailblazing women runs through American history

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush signed-Author and previous owner's inscription onHAMILTON, Virginia. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush. [NY]: Philomel [1982]. 8vo, 216pp. Purple quarter cloth stamped in light blue foil with beige blindstamped boards. Blue green endpapers. Top inch of boards slightly discolored, else a fine copy in the original color pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon (light damp stain at top and sides of spine panel, no medal affixed). Inscribed by the author, Virginia Hamilton. First edition. 1983