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The Shore

โœ Scribed by Taylor, Sara


Book ID
108640906
Publisher
Crown/Archetype
Year
2015
Tongue
en-US
Weight
2 MB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553417739

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โœฆ Synopsis


An ambitious debut novel set in an unforgettable place, introducing a powerful new voice in fiction

The Shore: a group of small islands in the Chesapeake Bay, just off the coast of Virginia. The Shore is clumps of evergreens, wild ponies, oyster-shell roads, tumble-down houses, unwanted pregnancies, murder, and dark magic in the marshes. Sanctuary to some but nightmare to others, it's a place that generations of families both wealthy and destitute have inhabited, fled, and returned to for hundreds of years. From a half-Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create.

In an audacious imaginative feat of interconnecting narratives...


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