Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush | Setting

Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush Setting

The setting of Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush could be any contemporary city because most of the action takes place within the apartment where Tree, Dab, and Vy live. Tree rushes home from school to the safety of their home and to her special place, a closetlike room with a small round table where she draws pictures of open spaces and families. And, although Brother Rush first appears in the street, it is here in this little room that he offers the oval space through which Tree and Dab enter into their past and find a time and place where they did not live in isolation.

Their world expands beyond their apartment as they take rides in the country, visit the house where they used to live, and meet family members they have never known. But when they leave Rush's world, once again their lives are focused on their...
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