Summary
"Millie's family is tight-knit and loving, despite the hardships brought by the Great Depression. Her parents had been Home Children and her father is able to eke out a living as a blacksmith in their small town. When Millie's mother announces that she is going to have a baby, life seems perfect. But suddenly everything changes when a strange "traveling" woman appears, reading patterns in tea leaves and making odd and unsettling predictions..."--Cover back.