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A stunning, lyrical novel in the rolling foothills of Appalachians about a young girl and family truth that will bother her for the rest of her life.
“A girl is of age against a knife.”
So the story of Betty Carpenter begins. Born in a bathtub for a white mother and Cherokee father in 1954, Betty is the sixth of eight brothers. The world in which those rural cities live in breath are one of Ohio, poverty and violence – from outside the family and, disastrously, from within. But despite facing difficulties, Betty is flexible. Her curiosity about the natural world, her terrible love for her sisters, and her father’s magnificent stories are burning to fire her own imagination, and in front of everyone she is a witness, the betty detects a migration: she starts writing.
Inspired by generations of his family, Tiffany McDaniel prepared the past to free the past by providing a magical story to remove this heart – a notable novel that establishes him as one of the most important voices in American stories.
Asin: B07ZC7SV5H
Publisher: Vintage (August 18, 2020)
Publication date: August 18, 2020
language English
File Size: 2.9 MB
Text-to-speech: competent
Screen reader: Supported
Increased Typesetting: Competent
X-ray: competent
Word War: Competent
Print Length: 462 pages
Customers say
Customers find this novel emotionally engaging, with one review describing it as a lyrical rich story told from the heart. The book is praised for its readability, with customers noting they read it steadily to a mind-blowing conclusion, and its writing quality, with one review comparing it to poetry. Customers appreciate its beauty, with one highlighting its rich meshing with the natural world, and find it insightful and inspiring. Customers describe the book as raw and breathtakingly sad.
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