And then she fell

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On the surface, Alice is where she should be in life: she’s just given birth to a baby girl, Dawn; her husband Steve – a white academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture – is nothing but supportive; and they’ve moved into a new home in a wealthy neighbourhood in Toronto, a generous gift from her in-laws. But Alice could not feel more like an imposter. She isn’t bonding with Dawn, a struggle made more difficult by the recent loss of her own mother. Every waking moment is spent hiding her despair from Steve and their neighbours, amongst whom she’s the sole Indigenous resident. Her perpetual self-doubt hinders the one vestige of her old life she has left: writing a modern retelling of the Haudenosaunee creation story. And then strange things start happening. Alice finds herself hearing voices she can’t explain and speaking with things that should not be talking back to her.

Backorder Notice MessageJan 01, 1970

Description

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE 2024’Mesmeric, intoxicatingly original’ Hannah Kent, bestselling author of Burial Rites’Haunting and surreal… With its sharp wit and beautiful writing, this book had me flying through the pages.’ Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Pines’A towering achievement, stunningly good storytelling.’ Melissa Lucashenko, Miles Franklin Award winning author of Too Much LipOn the surface, Alice is exactly where she should be in life: she’s just given birth to a beautiful baby girl; her ever-charming husband – an academic whose area of study is conveniently her own Mohawk culture – is nothing but supportive; and they’ve moved into a home in a wealthy neighbourhood. But strange things have started happening. Alice finds herself hearing voices she can’t explain and speaking with things that should not be talking back to her, all while her neighbours’ passive aggression begins to morph into something far more threatening… Raw, darkly funny and infused with Native American myth and legend, And Then She Fell is a wild, fierce novel from a writer of uncompromising talent.

Additional information

Weight 255 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 22 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

368

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K