The Cape Ann

A disarmingly involving portrait of a family struggling to stay together through the Great Depression The Cape Ann is an unforgettable story of life from a childs-eye view. . Lark Erhardt the six-year-old narrator of The Cape Ann and her fiercely independent mother dream of owning their own house; they have their hearts set on the Cape Ann chosen from a house catalog. But when Larks fathers gambling threatens the down payment her mother has worked so hard to save Larks mother takes matters into her own indomitable hands.