Mr. splitfoot

"A contemporary gothic from an author in the company of Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, Mr. Splitfoot tracks two women in two times as they march toward a mysterious reckoning. Ruth and Nat are orphans, packed into a house full of abandoned children run by a religious fanatic. To entertain their siblin...

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Main Author: Hunt, Samantha (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
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