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Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott
In the tradition of modern fairy tales likeNaomi Novik's Spinning Silver comesan immersive fantasy saga, a debut novel aboutestranged siblings who are reunited after receiving a mysterious inheritance."A wonderfully imaginative, wholly enchanting novel of witness, survival, memory, and family that reads like a fairy tale godfathered by Tim Burton in a wild America alive with wonders and devils alike. Thistlefoot shimmers with magic and mayhem and a thrilling emotional momentum." -Libba Bray, bestselling author of The Diviners
The Yaga siblings-Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist-have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive an inheritance, the siblings agree to meet-only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger- a sentient house on chicken legs.
Thistlefoot, as the house is called, has arrived from the Yagas' ancestral home outside Kyiv-but not alone. A sinister figure known only as the Longshadow Man has tracked it to American shores, bearing with him violent secrets from the past- fiery memories that have hidden in Isaac and Bellatine's blood for generations. As the Yaga siblings embark with Thistlefoot on a final cross-country tour of their family's traveling theater show, the Longshadow Man follows in relentless pursuit, seeding destruction in his wake. Ultimately, time, magic, and legacy must collide-erupting in a powerful conflagration to determine who gets to remember the past and craft a new future.
An enchanted adventure illuminated by Jewish myth and adorned with lyrical prose as tantalizing and sweet as briar berries, Thistlefoot isa sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore- a powerful and poignant explorationof healing from multi-generational trauma told by a bold new talent.
Nethercott, Gennarose: -
GennaRose Nethercott's book The Lumberjack's Dove was selected by Louise Glü¾˜¶˜¼ck as a winner of the National Poetry Series for 2017. Her other recent projects include A Ghost of Water (an ekphrastic collaboration with printmaker Susan Osgood) and the narrative song collection Modern Ballads. Nethercott tours nationally and internationally composing poems-to-order for strangers on a 1952 Hermes Rocket typewriter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593314166 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593314166 |
| Title | Thistlefoot |
| Author | Gennarose Nethercott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2023-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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