But things don't go as planned in the Arizona desert, because sweet Mikey just wants to be friends. After spending time in treatment with other young women like her-who cut, burn, poke, and otherwise hurt themselves-Charlie is released and takes a bus from the Twin Cities to Tucson to be closer to Mikey, a boy she "like-likes" but who had pined for Ellis instead. Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street. All characters are assumed white.Ĭhilling, poignant, haunting, and, unfortunately, all too timely.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. The biggest changes often begin with the smallest rebellions, and the emotional conclusion will resonate. Profound moments lie in small details, and readers’ hearts will race and break right along with the brave, capable Tierney’s. The bones of Liggett’s ( The Unfortunates, 2018, etc.) tale of female repression are familiar ones, but her immersive storytelling effortlessly weaves horror elements with a harrowing and surprising survival story.
Poachers, who trade in the body parts of grace-year girls, surround the camp, and paranoia, superstition, and mistrust rule.
Thirty-three girls with red ribbons symbolizing sin woven into their braids set out to survive the island, but it won’t be easy.
Strong, outdoorsy, skeptical Tierney James doesn’t want to be married, but a shocking twist leaves her with a veil-and a dangerous enemy in the vindictive Kiersten. Otherwise, it’s life in a labor house-or worse. Dreaming, among other things, is forbidden, and before girls embark on their grace year, they hope to receive a veil, which promises marriage. In gaslit Garner County, women and girls are said to harbor diabolical magic capable of manipulating men. A rebellious 16-year-old is sent to an isolated island for her grace year, when she must release her seductive, poisonous magic into the wild before taking her proper place as a wife and child bearer.
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