Two Children Lark and Her Brother, Termite, a Child Unable to Walk and Talk but Full of Radiance. Two Women Lola, Their Mother, and Nonie, Their Aunt, Who for Mysterious Reasons is the One to Raise Them. Lark and Termite Imaginatively Enters the Hearts and Thoughts of a Family, From Their Home in 1950S West Virginia to Korea, Where Their Father Has Been Sent to Fight. It is a Story of the Power of Loss and Love, the Echoing Ramifications of War, Family Secrets, Dreams and Ghosts, and the Unseen, Almost Magical Bonds That Unite and Sustain Us.