This book is miracle. To think James Agee died when he did, what more what have come from him. I have to insist on this edition of this book published after his death because the editors took care to include many drafted sections that Agee may or my not have intended, but they make the picture whole. This is the most painfully articulated novel about grief, full of truthful nuance, I have ever read. The aforementioned included sections are truly the best. He captures that heartbreak and confusion of a young child’s mind with such delicacy, I had to put the book down over and over because it was too much. Bravo.