Railsong: A Novel Family Life Fiction this collection channels Baer’s own

this collection channels Baer’s own journey to middle age into poems that are profoundly intimate yet resound universally

a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest

With tons to see on every page

From the creator of I’m Going to Build a Snowman comes a surprising celebration of community helpers that captures the joy and wonder of being a kid

Maa-a-a makes Kid stay inside while the rest of the family enjoys Christmas Day outside

Railsong: A Novel Family Life Fiction this collection channels Baer’s own"Magnificent . . . I would follow Miss Chitol to the ends of the earth." Kamila Shamsie "Profoundly tender [and] vigorously alive to the currents of national change." Megha Majumdar A breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is the heartwarming story of an individual coming of age amid the social and political upheavals of twentieth century India. In a newly independent India charged with national vigour,