Feather Crowns

A turn-of-the-twentieth century historical novel about the impact of the first multiple birth “possesses both gravity and grace” and “the power to move us” ( New York Times ). A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, this brilliantly wrought novel from acclaimed author Bobbie Ann Mason imagines the circumstances surrounding the birth of the first quintuplets in early 1900s America. Set in the apocalyptic atmosphere of the turn of the 20th century—a time when many Americans were loo