A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl's heart-stopping fight for her own soul. Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding g
My Absolute Darling
✍ Scribed by Tallent, Gabriel
- Book ID
- 109801011
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780735211193
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✦ Synopsis
****"This is one of the most important books you'll pick up this decade."_-- Harper's Bazaar**_
**"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one." --Stephen King
"A major American debut... intense, powerfully wrought and memorable,My Absolute Darling is an absolutely thrilling literary success and a novel that will stay with me for a very long time." --The Houston Chronicle
A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl's heart-stopping fight for her own soul.
Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated...
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****"This is one of the most important books you'll pick up this decade."**_**_**--** Harper's Bazaar_**_ **"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but _My Absolute Darling_ absolutely is one." --Stephen King **"A major American debut... **intense, powerfully wrought and m