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A TIME 100 Must-Read Book of 2021
A New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2021
The Stonewall Book Award winner of 2022
Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR, The New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly and more!
A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction.
Vernseven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raisedflees for the shelter of the woods. There, she gives birth to twins and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world.
But even in the forest, Vern is a hunted woman. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes.
To understand her metamorphosis and to protect her small family, Vern has to face the past and, more troublingly, the futureoutside the woods. Finding the truth will mean uncovering not only the secrets of the compound she fled but also the violent history of America that produced it.
Rivers Solomons Sorrowland is a genre-bending work of gothic fiction. Here, monsters arent just individuals but entire nations. This is a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction.
Author: Rivers Solomon
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/03/2022
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781250849267
Language: English
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