How to Draw and Find Your Style! by Karen Campbell

How to Draw and Find Your Style! by Karen Campbell

As her Wisconsin community endures a long season of drought and feels the shockwaves of World War I, fifteen-year-old Cielle endures a more personal calamity: the unexpected death of her father. On a balmy summer afternoon, she finds him hanging in the barn--the start of a dark secret that threatens her family's livelihood. A war rages elsewhere, while in the deceptive calm of the American heartland, Cielle's family contends with a new reality and fights not to be undone.

A stunning debut, The Driest Season creates a moving portrait of Cielle's struggle to make sense of her father's time on earth, and of her own. With wisdom and grit, Kenny has fashioned a deeply affecting story of a young woman discovering loss, heartache, and--finally--hope.

Karen Campbell is the author of Rise, The Twilight Time, After the Fire, Shadowplay, Evidence of Life, and This Is Where I Am, which was a BBC Radio 4 Novel at Bedtime. She graduated from Glasgow University's renowned Creative Writing Masters program. Karen Campbell, a former police officer and municipal PR, won the Best New Scottish Writer Award in 2009. She resides in the Scottish county of Galloway. Karen Campbell's website is www.karencampbell.co.uk.