My Absolute Darling

Viac o knihe

"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but this book absolutely is one."--Stephen King. A brilliant and immersive read about a fourteen-year-old girl's heart-stopping fight for her own soul. Turtle Alveston is a survivor who roams the northern California coast, her physical world expansive while her personal one is small and treacherous. Since her mother's death, she has been isolated, living under the control of her tortured father, Martin. Her social life is limited to middle school, where she fends off anyone who might penetrate her shell. Everything changes when she meets Jacob, a high school boy who brings laughter and warmth into her life. For the first time, Turtle begins to see that her life with Martin is neither safe nor sustainable. Motivated by friendship and a teenage crush, she starts to imagine escape, using the survival skills her father taught her. The reader follows Turtle's escalating acts of courage as she struggles to become her own hero. Shot through with striking language in a fierce natural setting, this is an urgently told, profoundly moving story that marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.