Small Moving Parts

Halley is a smart girl growing up poor in Durban, close to the bustling docks. Trying to make ends meet is her mother, Nora, who pares herself to the bone to provide. Halley s sister is bored of everything, but she s not a regular girl anyway, she s a princess. Halley finds a way to live that s more than making do. She finds that a little love and imagination can take you pretty far, and that they certainly help to hold the curious bits and pieces together. It s an unusual package, but what more, she wonders, could anyone want from life, or from a long, lovely story?