Description
A country on the cusp of war. A town suspended in time. One girl’s desperate attempt to escape her eternal childhood.
Bethany Ann Crane is a motherless eight-year-old living in Grover Springs, SC, at the beginning of the Cold War.
After her patriotic small town agrees to enter into a government experiment geared to give the Americans an edge over the Russians in space, she, along with the rest of the town, is preserved in a scientific stasis state, and Bethany Ann becomes ensnared in her preadolescent body.
As the girl matures mentally, she experiences more grown-up emotions and aspirations, but her family and neighbors refuse to recognize her as anything but a child.
Will her only friend be able to save her? Will Bethany Ann ever be allowed to “come of age”?
The Sinking of Bethany Ann Crane is the gripping story of one girl’s yearning for adulthood in a world where time stands still.
Malinda Spriggs –
In a small patriotic every person over the age of 18 decide to get involved with a government experiment that basically suspends and prolongs their lives but doesnt allow them to procreate. Bethany Ann is the only child. At least the only child ever mentioned. As Bethany matures mentally, her body stays that of an 8 year old little girl. As we listen or read you can hear and feel what shes going through from year to year. It’s a very gripping story that will tug at your heart strings. Very well written. I cant recommend it enough!