The Road Through The Wall
Back Cover Text:author of WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE
Tragic accident or shocking crime? The people on Pepper Street made their decision and the ugly aftermath that nearly destroyed them all
EVERYONE KNEW THE RESIDENTS OF PEPPER ST. WERE Were "NICE" PEOPLE -
Especially the residents themselves. Among the self-satisfied group were:
Mrs. Merriam, the sanctimonious shrew who was turning her husband into a nonentity and her daughter into a bigoted spinster;
Mr. Roberts, who found relief from the street's unending propriety in shoddy side-street amours;
Miss Fielding, who considered it more important to boil an egg properly than to save a disturbed girl from destruction.
It took the gruesome act of a desperate boy who lived among them to pierce the shell of their complacency and force them to see their own ugliness.
"Uncommonly good reading." - Chicago Tribune
"A climax hung on the gruesome death of two children accounts for the story's effectiveness..." - New Yorker