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Barcode30053003779009
StatusChecked Out
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoF ALER
Title Smothermoss : a novel / Alisa Alering.
Author Alering, Alisa, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult Fiction
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
Checked OutParis-Bourbon30053003779009F ALER7/26/2024 Due on 9/24/2024

Catalog Details

Personal Name Alering, Alisa, author.
Title Statement Smothermoss : a novel / Alisa Alering.
Edition Statement First US edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Portland, Oregon : Tin House, 2024.
Physical Description 254 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
General Note "Reader's guide inside"--Page 4 of cover.
Summary, Etc. "In 1980s Appalachia, sisters Sheila and Angie couldn't be more different. While their mother works long shifts at the nearby asylum, Sheila does her best to care for their home and keeps to herself, even when enduring relentless bullying from classmates. Her rambunctious, fearless younger sister, Angie, is more focused on fighting imaginary zombies, and creating tarot-like cards that seem to have a mind of their own. When the brutal murder of two female hikers on the nearby Appalachian Trail stuns their small community, the sisters find themselves tangled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Angie discovers a ripped shirt, soaked in blood; money Sheila's been stashing away disappears; and a strange man shows up at a local store, trying to barter with a woman's watch. As the threat of violence looms larger, the mysterious, ancient mountain they live on--and their willingness to trust each other--might be the only things that can save them from the darkness consuming their home. In turns both terrifying and otherworldly, author Alisa Alering opens the door to the hidden world of Smothermoss--a mountain that sighs, monsters made of ink, rabbits both dead and alive, and ropes that just won't come undone. Unsettling, propulsive, and wonderfully atmospheric, Alering's stunning debut novel renegotiates what is seen and unseen, what is real and what is haunted"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Sisters Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Murder Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Appalachian Region Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Gothic fiction. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels. lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Thrillers (Fiction) lcgft

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