Tiffany McDaniel

Las gemelas Arc y Cisi se crían en los arrabales de Chillicothe, Ohio, cerca del río y a la sombra de la gran fábrica de papel que da de comer a la ciudad. Viven con su madre depresiva y con su glacial tia Trebol, ambas drogodependientes. Arc se pasa el dia cavando en busca de huesos de dinosaurio y de lo que sea que su madre perdio hace tiempo. Cisi elabora catalogos de bulbos y pedalea entre los narcisos de su querida abuela Asclepia, unico asidero emocional de las niñas. Pero no hay bicicleta lo bastante rapida para esquivar los precedentes familiares, decididos a arrastrar a las pequeñas al lado salvaje de la vida. Alli estan tambien Harlow, Jueves, Violeta, Nell Salvia e Indigo. Madres solas, prostitutas y toxicomanas. Mujeres que no le importan a nadie, y mucho menos a la policia, cuando sus cuerpos empiezan a aparecer, uno tras otro, flotando en el rio.

Soy Betty Carpenter, nací en una bañera en 1954 y crecí en el pueblo de Breathed, Ohio. De mis ocho hermanos fui la única que heredé la piel oscura de mi papá Landon, que era cheroqui. De niña creía que ser cheroqui significaba estar atado a la luna. Tambien queria ser una princesa con un vestido hecho de carcasas de cigarra y alas de violetas. ¿Tu te has visto en el espejo?, me decia mi mama Alka, que arrastraba tantas piedras del pasado como las que tenia mi hermanito Lint en la cabeza. Yo ofrendaba flores de cerezo y medias de nailon de mama al rio para quitarme el moreno, pero no funcionaba. Tampoco le funcionaba el rio a mi hermana Flossie, que le mandaba cartas a Elvis en botellas que nunca recibian respuesta. Flossie nacio para ser una estrella. Mi dulce hermana mayor Fraya, en cambio, lo hizo para cargar con las piedras malditas de las mujeres de la familia. Y yo naci, segun papa, para ser la calabaza, la protectora de mis hermanas. Ese es tu cometido, Pequeña India. El, con su magia ancestral y su infinita ternura, me enseño que era poderosa.

Querido señor Diablo, su alteza Lucifer y todas las cruces con las que carga: Le invito cordialmente a Breathed, Ohio. Tierra de colinas y balas de heno, de pecadores y de indulgentes. Con gran fe, Autopsy Bliss. Este es el anuncio que el fiscal Bliss puso en el periodico local a principios del verano de 1984. Unos dias mas tarde, el diablo en persona se presentaba en el porche de su casa. Vestia un mono de trabajo azul hecho jirones y pedia helado insistentemente. Se llamaba Sal, era negro y tenia trece años. Ese mismo dia el señor Elohim, afamado techador y vegetariano extremista, fundiria todo el helado del supermercado con su soplete. Ese dia se desataria la ola de calor y desgracias mas insolita que jamas abraso Breathed. Es cosa del diablo que ahora vive con los Bliss, pensaban muchos. Pero puede que Sal solo fuera un niño escapado del horror de su familia. ¿Acaso el diablo puede enamorarse de la niña de la casa de al lado? ¿O tener un mejor amigo? De una belleza devastadora, El verano que lo derritio todo es una profunda reflexion sobre la comunidad, el paletismo y los lugares oscuros donde realmente reside el mal. Una nueva y magistral novela gotica rural de la autora de la multipremiada Betty.

Un coming-of-age lírico, espiritual y feminista ambientado en el Ohio rural de los años sesenta e inspirado en la historia familiar de la autora. Soy Betty Carpenter, nací en una bañera en 1954 y creci en el pueblo de Breathed, Ohio. De mis ocho hermanos fui la unica que herede la piel oscura de mi papa Landon, que era cheroqui. De niña creia que ser cheroqui significaba estar atado a la luna. Tambien queria ser una princesa con un vestido hecho de carcasas de cigarra y alas de violetas.¿Tu te has visto en el espejo?, me decia mi mama Alka, que arrastraba tantas piedras del pasado como las que tenia mi hermanito Lint en la cabeza. Yo ofrendaba flores de cerezo y medias de nailon de mama al rio para quitarme el moreno, pero no funcionaba. Tampoco le funcionaba el rio a mi hermana Flossie, que le mandaba cartas a Elvis en botellas que nunca recibian respuesta.Flossie nacio para ser una estrella. Mi dulce hermana mayor Fraya, en cambio, lo hizo para cargar con las piedras malditas de las mujeres de la familia. Y yo naci, segun papa, para ser la calabaza, la protectora de mis hermanas. Ese es tu cometido, Pequeña India. El, con su magia ancestral y su infinita ternura, me enseño que era poderosa.

Été 1984 à Breathed, petite ville de l’Ohio, pétrie de ferveur religieuse et de préjugés. Le procureur Autopsy Bliss, tourmenté par la lutte entre le Bien et le Mal, publie une annonce dans le journa

Ohio, 1984. Le procureur Autopsy Bliss publie une annonce dans le journal local de Breathed invitant le diable à lui rendre visite. Sal, un jeune garçon noir aux étranges yeux verts, y répond. Il héb

A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl discovers stark truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life. A punch-in-the-gut of a novel you won''''t be able to forget.Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence - both from outside the family and also, devastatingly, from within. When her family''''s darkest secrets are brought to light, Betty has no choice but to reckon with the brutal history hiding in the hills, as well as the heart-wrenching cruelties and incredible characters she encounters in her rural town of Breathed, Ohio.Despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters and her father''''s brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write.A heartbreaking yet magical story, BETTY is a punch-in-the-gut of a novel - full of the crushing cruelty of human nature and the redemptive power of words.

For younger fans of Witchlings and Eva Evergreen comes a light-hearted and whimsical middle grade fantasy about a young girl who must save her witch aunt from an uncommonly voracious hat.Where dragons take flight, through the dark of the night. Where the fire ignites, you will find the light.Aunt Cauldroneyes is always looking into cauldrons. Shes found everything from giggling moons to troll nose rings, but when she looks inside a purple cauldron one stormy night, she finds a girl with blue freckles. The old witch raises the girl and names her Spella. They live in Hungry Snout Forest in a crooked house with doors enchanted to smell like chocolate. In the attic full of floating fabric and biting buttons, Aunt Cauldroneyes teaches Spella how to make magical hats for creatures like unicorns and dragons, giants and goblins.When Spella turns eight, she receives an invitation to Dragons Knob, a school for wand witchery and wizardry. But on the very night Spella is set to leave, a stranger appears with a growling hat that swallows Aunt Cauldroneyes and steals her away!To rescue her aunt, Spella must go up into a sky full of dragons and to her new school. With protesters outside the gates threatening the schools academic freedom and a deepening mystery within the walls, Spella and her new friend Tolden are thrust into the mystery of her aunts disappearance and a long-buried secret hidden somewhere in the school.

Spella the young witch must save her friends from a dangerous mummy snatcher in this second book in the whimsical Wand Keepers middle grade fantasy series perfect for younger fans of Witchlings and Eva Evergreen.After Spella and her friends successfully rescued her magical hat-making aunt from the dangerous Dragon King, Spella is back! This time, she is off to relax and have some fun with her aunt and best friend, Tolden, in the vibrant and colorful Mummy City. But all is not as calm and weirdly wonderful as it seems in this magical place. After the defeat of Dragon King, another dangerous threat has appearedthe terrorizing mummy snatcher!Its up to Spella to stop this monster from kidnapping any more mummiesincluding Spellas mummified, talking cat, Egyptbefore the worst happens. If the mummy snatcher succeeds, it will awaken the slumbering giants beneath Mummy City, throwing the entire city into chaos! To save the city and her friends, Spella must out-magic her bullies and call upon her skills to defeat the mummy snatcher and get Mummy City back to its unique and whimsical self. But doing so means confronting a hard truththe terrifying Dragon King may not be gone for good.

Arc et Daffy sont jumelles, nées à une minute d'intervalle. Unies par leur indomptable chevelure rousse, les récits de leur grand-mère et une imagination fertile, les deux soeurs sont inséparables. E

Six women - mothers, daughters, sisters - gone missing. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this is the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims.Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for an escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmothers stories. Together they disappear into their imagination and forge a world where a patch of grass reveals an archaeologists dig, the smoke emerging from the local paper mill becomes the dust rising from wild horses galloping deep beneath the earth, and an abandoned 1950s convertible transforms into a time machine that can take them anywhere. But no matter how hard they try, Arc and Daffy cant escape the generational ghosts that haunt their family. And so, left to fend for themselves in the shadow of their rural Ohio town, the two sisters cling tight to one another. Years later, as the sisters wrestle with the memories of their early life, a local woman is discovered dead in the river. Soon, more bodies are left floating in the water, and as the killer circles ever closer, Arcs promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate - and the powerful riptide of the savage side more difficult to survive. Drawing from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere. PRAISE FOR TIFFANY McDANIELS BETTYA coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plotObserverBreahtakingVogueI felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love itDaisy JohnsonA page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story told in undulating prose that settles right into youNaoise Dolan Vivid and lucid, Betty has stayed with meKiran Millwood Hargrave

Betty Carpenter est la fille d'une mère blanche et d'un père cherokee. Après des années d'errance, sa famille s'installe dans l'Ohio. Avec ses frères et soeurs, la petite fille grandit bercée par les

Charmille, jeune sorcière de baguette magique, a été trouvée dans un chaudron quand elle était bébé et recueillie par Tante Chaudronille. Comme sa gardienne, elle rêve de devenir chapelière dans son

Arc et Daffy sont nées à une minute d’intervalle. Unies par leur indomptable chevelure rousse et une imagination fertile, les deux sœurs sont inséparables.Pourtant, irrémédiablement engluées dans les

Après Betty, replongez dans lunivers onirique de Tiffany McDaniel, toujours en prise avec le monde daujourdhui.Été 1984 à Breathed, petite ville de lOhio, pétrie de ferveur religieuse et de préjugés.

« Ce livre est à la fois une danse, un chant et un éclat de lune, mais par-dessus tout, lhistoire quil raconte est, et restera à jamais, celle de la Petite Indienne. » La Petite Indienne, cest Betty

C’est les vacances ! Charmille et Tolden s’éclatent chez tante Chaudronille, jusqu’à ce qu’un chapeau magique aspire par erreur les bandelettes d’Égypte, la chatte momifiée.Pour rhabiller l’amie de C

A coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plot: beautiful and devastatingObserver, Books of the YearI felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love itDaisy Johnson, author of SistersA page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story told in undulating prose that settles right into youNaoise Dolan, author of Exciting TimesVivid and lucid, Betty has stayed with meKiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The MerciesI loved BettyFiona Mozley, author of Hot StewBreahtakingVogueA GIRL COMES OF AGE AGAINST THE KNIFESo begins the story of Betty Carpenter.Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white mother and a Cherokee father, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings: the world they inhabit in the rural town of Breathed, Ohio, is one of poverty and loss, of lush landscapes and blazing stars.Despite the hardships she encounters, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters and her fathers brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all to which she bears witness - the horrors of her familys past and present - Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write.

Six womenmothers, daughters, sistersgone missing. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally best-selling author of Betty."Capture[s] what goes horribly wrong when women dont fit a customary victim profile...McDaniel artfully evokes each facet of their common humanity, the sinuous landscape, and defiant community in the face of evil." Oprah DailyArcade and Daffodil are twins born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmothers stories. Together, they disappear into their imaginations and forge a world all their own. But what the two sisters cant escape are the generational ghosts that haunt their family. Growing up in the shadow of their rural Ohio town, the sisters cling tightly to one another. Years later, Arcade wrestles with the memories of her early life, just as a local woman is discovered drowned in the river. Soon, more bodies are found. As her friends disappear around her, Arcade is forced to reckon with the past while the killer circles closer. Arcades promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate and the powerful riptide of the savage side becomes more difficult to survive.Drawing from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere.

A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians about a young girl and the family truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life. A girl comes of age against the knife.So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white mother and a Cherokee father, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit in the rural town of Breathed, Ohio, is one of poverty and violenceboth from outside the family and, devastatingly, from within. But despite the hardships she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her fathers brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all to which she bears witness, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. Inspired by generations of her family, Tiffany McDaniel sets out to free the past by delivering this heartbreaking yet magical storya remarkable novel that establishes her as one of the most important voices in American fiction.