The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet: A Novel Alan Spence she lacks control over her

she lacks control over her own destiny

So concentrating on a new assignment seemed like the perfect way to escape the pain

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The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet: A Novel Alan Spence she lacks control over herT. S. Spivet is a 12 year old genius mapmaker who lives on a ranch in Montana. His father is a tight lipped cowboy and his mother is a scientist who for the last twenty years has been looking for a mythical species of beetle. His brother has gone, his sister seems normal but might not be, and his dog Verywell is going mad. It's odd, but then families are. T. S. makes sense of it all by drawing beautiful, meticulous maps kept in innumerable colour