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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.

Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart. But no matter how hard they try, Arc and Daffy can't escape the generational ghosts that haunt their family. Years later, as the sisters wrestle with the memories of their early life, a local woman is discovered dead in the river. Soon, more bodies are left floating in the water, and as the killer circles ever closer, Arc's promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate.

Per il giovane Fielding Bliss l'estate è il 1984 sarà l'estate che cambierà per sempre la sua esistenza e quella di tutti gli abitanti di Breathed, Ohio. Qui, in una giornata dal caldo torrido, il diavolo arriva rispondendo all'invito pubblicato sul giornale locale da Autopsy Bliss sotto le spoglie di un tredicenne dalla pelle nera e dalle iridi verdi come foglie. Un'afa incredibile scioglie i gelati e i pensieri e confonde i rapporti e le certezze, il senso del bene e del male, dell'amore e della sofferenza, della fiducia reciproca e della paura.

Six women—mothers, daughters, sisters—gone missing. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally best-selling author of Betty. "Capture[s] what goes horribly...

For younger fans of Witchlings and Eva Evergreen comes a light-hearted and whimsical middle grade fantasy about a young girl who must save her witch aunt from an uncommonly voracious hat. Where dragons take flight, through the dark of the night. Where the fire ignites, you will find the light...

"Ce livre est à la fois une danse, un chant et un éclat de lune, mais par-dessus tout, l'histoire qu'il raconte est, et restera à jamais, celle de la Petite Indienne." La Petite Indienne, c'est Betty Carpenter, née dans une baignoire, sixième de huit enfants. Sa famille vit en marge de la société car, si sa mère est blanche, son père est cherokee. Lorsque les Carpenter s'installent dans la petite ville de Breathed, après des années d'errance, le paysage luxuriant de l'Ohio semble leur apporter la paix.

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. “A girl comes of age against the knife.” So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white mother and a...

« La chaleur est arrivée avec le diable. » 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.