01001cam a2200277 i 4500 1175688899 TxAuBib 20240326120000.0 230123s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781611864786 161186478X TxAuBib rda Smolens, John, author. A Cold, hard prayer / by John Smolens. First edition. East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2023] 268 pages. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Set in Michigan in the 1920s, it traces the lives of two teenagers, Mercy and Lincoln, who are orphans sent from Massachusetts by a Catholic charity to be placed with families. 20240326. Michigan Notable Book 2024. Orphans Fiction. Michigan Fiction.