''Breahtaking'' Vogue ''So engrossing! Betty is a page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story steeped in Cherokee history, told in undulating prose that settles right into you'' Naoise Dolan, Sunday Times bestselling author of Exciting Times ''I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it'' Daisy Johnson, Booker Prize shortlisted author of Everthing Under ''I loved Betty : I fell for its strong characters and was moved by the story it portrayed'' Fiona Mozley, Booker Prize shortlisted author of Elmet ''A girl comes of age against the knife.'' So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence - both from outside the family and also, devastatingly, from within. When her family''s darkest secrets are brought to light, Betty has no choice but to reckon with the brutal history hiding in the hills, as well as the heart-wrenching cruelties and incredible characters she encounters in her rural town of Breathed, Ohio. Despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters and her father''s brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. A heartbreaking yet magical story, Betty is a punch-in-the-gut of a novel - full of the crushing cruelty of human nature and the redemptive power of words. ''Not a story you will soon forget'' Karen Joy Fowler, Booker Prize shortlisted author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves ''Shot through with moonshine, Bible verses, and folklore, Betty is about the cruelty we inflict on one another, the beauty we still manage to find, and the stories we tell in order to survive'' Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child
Été 1984 à Breathed, Ohio. Hanté par la lutte entre le bien et le mal, le procureur Autopsy Bliss publie une annonce dans le journal local : il invite le diable à venir lui rendre visite.
Le lendemain, son fils Fielding découvre un jeune garçon à la peau noire et aux yeux d'un vert intense, planté devant le tribunal, qui se présente comme le diable en personne. Cet enfant à l'âme meurtrie, heureux d'être enfin le bienvenu quelque part, serait-il vraiment l'incarnation du mal ? Dubitatifs, les adultes le croient en fugue d'une des fermes voisines, et le shérif lance son enquête. Se produisent alors des événements étranges qui affectent tous les habitants de Breathed, tandis qu'une vague de chaleur infernale frappe la petite ville.
Porté par une écriture incandescente, L'été où tout a fondu raconte la quête d'une innocence perdue et vient confirmer le talent exceptionnel d'une romancière à l'imaginaire flamboyant.
Arc et Daffy sont jumelles, nées à une minute d'intervalle. Unies par leurs indomptables chevelures rousses, les récits de leur grand-mère et une imagination fertile, les deux soeurs sont inséparables. Ensemble, elles fuient un quotidien sordide en plongeant dans un monde imaginaire. Pourtant, irrémédiablement engluées dans les ténèbres familiales, elles ne peuvent échapper aux fantômes qui les hantent. Devenue adulte, Arc lutte tou- jours avec ses souvenirs lorsqu'on découvre le corps d'une femme noyée dans la rivière.
Bientôt, les cadavres s'accumulent. Alors que ses amies disparaissent autour d'elle, Arc se rend peu à peu à l'évidence : tenir la promesse qu'elle a faite à Daffy de les protéger des puissants remous du "côté sauvage" de l'existence s'avère impossible.
Le nouveau chef-d'oeuvre élégiaque de Tiffany McDaniel est une ode à toutes celles qui ont disparu ou perdu un être cher, qui transcende par une plume virtuose et lumineuse.
B>A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians about a young girl and the family truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life./b>br>br>"A girl comes of age against the knife."br>br>So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white mother and a Cherokee father, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit in the rural town of Breathed, Ohio, is one of poverty and violence--both from outside the family and, devastatingly, from within. The lush landscape, rich with birdsong, wild fruit, and blazing stars, becomes a kind of refuge for Betty, but when her family''s darkest secrets are brought to light, she has no choice but to reckon with the brutal history hiding in the hills, as well as the heart-wrenching cruelties and incredible characters she encounters.br>br>Despite the hardships she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father''s brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all to which she bears witness, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. She recounts the horrors of her family''s past and present with pen and paper and buries them deep in the dirt--moments that have stung her so deeply she could not share them, until now.br>br>Inspired by generations of her family, Tiffany McDaniel sets out to free the past by delivering this heartbreaking yet magical story--a remarkable novel that establishes her as one of the most important voices in American fiction.
< Six women -- mothers, daughters, sisters--gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims,;from the internationally-bestselling author of
