Small Spaces Book Summary. Having survived sinister scarecrows and the malevolent smiling man in small spaces, newly minted best friends ollie, coco, and brian are ready to spend a relaxing winter break skiing together with their parents at mount hemlock resort. It tells the story of a farm where, long ago, a woman’s husband disappeared, taken by the smiling man.
Ollie's fascinated, especially the next day when her class visits a farm and the crying woman is the farm's owner. Imperialism and its lingering effects on the people of ‘a small place’ “i got the idea for the novel on a bus from vermont to new york.
It tells the story of a farm where, long ago, a woman’s husband disappeared, taken by the smiling man.
September 25, 2018 my rating: And to keep to small spaces at night. The book, small spaces, is about a woman named beth, the webster brothers who wanted to marry her, and the disappearance of one of the brothers after he makes a horrible bargain with the smiling man. Small spaces / katherine arden.