Curdle Creek: From the Women's Prize-longlisted author of Remembered by Yvonne B

Description: Curdle Creek by Yvonne Battle-Felton This haunting take on the American Gothic pushes the boundaries of inheritance and blame, asking: how far would you go to keep your community safe? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Welcome to Curdle Creek. Were dying to make you feel at home.Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America governed by a tradition of ominous rituals designed to keep the residents safe.Curdle Creek has one particularly strict policy: one in, one out.And one day, it is Osiras turn.Forced into the great unknown. The sinister reality of her birthplace unravels around her. As she comes face-to-face with those she believed were lost. Osira must reckon with all she has ever been told and confront the insidious cruelties of inheritance. Author Biography Yvonne Battle-Felton was born in Pennsylvania and raised in New Jersey. She holds an MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She is a Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. A writer of fiction and creative non-fiction, Yvonnes work has been published in riverSedge, Assisi, Not Somewhere Else But Here: A Contemporary Anthology of Women and Place, Welter, Slices, and The Chesapeake Reader Literary Journal. Yvonne was a recipient of a Northern Writers Award in 2017 for Remembered. Review A gorgeously written, surrealist folktale that goes bone deep. Compelling, thought-provoking, thrilling, haunting, Yvonne Battle-Feltons Curdle Creek is simply a marvel. -- Paul Tremblay, author of THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD and HORROR MOVIECurdle Creek is a thoughtful, sinister tour-de-force. Yvonne Battle-Felton writes so convincingly that the reader is forced to ponder what unthinkable choices we mask behind our own quest for belonging, and what wrongs we must answer for.-- Tananarive Due, L.A. Times Book Prize-winning author of THE REFORMATORYTautly written, utterly gripping, Yvonne Battle-Feltons novel invites the reader into a world of mystery and mythology. Ultimately, Curdle Creek is about perseverance and hope, about remembering the past while boldly embracing the future and about posing the eternal question: how and where can a Black person simply be? -- Carolyn Ferrell, author of DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN Details ISBN034970354X Author Yvonne Battle-Felton Pages 288 Publisher Dialogue Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780349703541 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-10-08 Imprint Dialogue Books Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General UK Release Date 2024-10-08 NZ Release Date 2024-10-08 AU Release Date 2024-10-08 Language English ISBN-10 034970354X Subtitle From the Womens Prize-longlisted author of Remembered We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:162605169;

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