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Overview

The Lovely Bones meets Where the Crawdads Sing in this remarkable debut set in Appalachia

"If Southern Gothic masters Carson McCullers (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Member of The Wedding) and William Faulkner were to sit down with standard bearers of fantastic literature like Rachel Hartman (Seraphina, Tess of the Road), Jeff Vandermeer (the Southern Reach trilogy), and Frances Hardinge (Cuckoo Song, A Face Like Glass), and co-write a book, they might come close to this, but only just." -- Fran Wilde, NPR Book Review

"Every Bone a Prayer evokes the magic of my favorite childhood stories -- thrilling, but eerie -- but it's also a painful, beautiful, and necessary examination of trauma and autonomy." -- Buzzfeed


Misty's holler looks like any of the thousands of hollers that fork through the Appalachian Mountains. But Misty knows her home is different. She may be only ten, but she hears things. Even the crawdads in the creek have something to say, if you listen.

All that Misty's sister Penny wants to talk about are the strange objects that start appearing outside their trailer. The grown-ups mutter about sins and punishment, but that doesn't scare Misty. Not like the hurtful thing that's been happening to her, the hurtful thing that is becoming part of her. Ever since her neighbor William cornered her in the barn, she must figure out how to get back to the Misty she was before -- the Misty who wasn't afraid to listen.

This is the story of one tough-as-nails girl whose choices are few but whose fight is boundless, as her coping becomes a battle cry for everyone around her. Written by a survivor of sexual abuse, Every Bone a Prayer is a beautifully honest exploration of healing and of hope.

More Praise for Every Bone a Prayer:

"Haunting and healing, Every Bone A Prayer is a powerful debut that will leave its mark on readers' hearts." -- Kim Michele Richardson, New York Times bestselling author of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

"This is the kind of book we need to set literary expectations for a new decade. It's so textured, so layered with love and so wonderfully terrifying, intimate and magical." -- Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy: An American Memoir

"Ashley Blooms sings in an authentic mountain voice...Like a hawk over a hollow, Blooms both soars and sees all." -- Andy Duncan, author of An Agent of Utopia

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781728216218
  • ISBN-10: 1728216214
  • Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
  • Publish Date: August 2020

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