Bloodroot a novel
Named for a flower whose blood-red sap possesses the power both to heal and poison, Bloodroot is a stunning fiction debut about the legacies -- of magic and madness, faith and secrets, passion and loss -- that haunt one family across the generations, from the Great Depression to today. The novel is...
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| Format: | Downloads eBook Books eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2010.
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| Series: | Vintage Contemporaries.
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | Named for a flower whose blood-red sap possesses the power both to heal and poison, Bloodroot is a stunning fiction debut about the legacies -- of magic and madness, faith and secrets, passion and loss -- that haunt one family across the generations, from the Great Depression to today. The novel is told in a kaleidoscope of seamlessly woven voices and centers around an incendiary romance that consumes everyone in its path: Myra Lamb, a wild young girl with mysterious, haint blue eyes who grows up on remote Bloodroot Mountain; her grandmother Byrdie Lamb, who protects Myra fiercely and passes down "the touch" that bewitches people and animals alike; the neighbor boy who longs for Myra yet is destined never to have her; the twin children Myra is forced to abandon but who never forget their mother's deep love; and John Odom, the man who tries to tame Myra and meets with shocking, violent disaster. Against the backdrop of a beautiful but often unforgiving country, these lives come together -- only to be torn apart -- as a dark, riveting mystery unfolds. With grace and unflinching verisimilitude, Amy Greene brings her native Appalachia -- and the faith and fury of its people -- to rich and vivid life. Here is a spellbinding tour de force that announces a dazzlingly fresh, natural-born storyteller in our midst. From the Hardcover edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Format: | Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2248 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
| ISBN: | 9780307593085 |
| Author Notes: | Amy Greene was born and raised in the foothills of East Tennessee's Smoky Mountains, where she lives with her husband and two children. |
