Lay My Curses Out To Rest
Speculation
By Nisi Shawl
1 Nov, 2024
Doing the WFC's Homework
Nisi Shawl’s 2022 Speculation is a stand-alone middle-grade book.
Winna Cole’s broken glasses would be a calamity at the best of times. When her mother is sick and in hospital, the broken spectacles are a disaster. Winna cannot see without them and there’s no way that the family can pay for new glasses. Luckily, Winna’s Grampa Carl has a solution: Winna’s late Great-Aunt Estelle’s spectacles.
Estelle’s glasses are old-fashioned but more than functional. They won’t necessarily solve Winna’s problems, but they will make those problems very different.