{"product_id":"9780349703541","title":"Curdle Creek","description":"Author: Yvonne Battle-Felton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780349703541\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Dialogue\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gorgeously written, surrealist folktale that goes bone deep. \u003cb\u003eCompelling, thought-provoking, thrilling, haunting\u003c\/b\u003e, Yvonne Battle-Felton's\u003ci\u003e Curdle Creek\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003esimply a marvel\u003c\/b\u003e' Paul Tremblay, author of THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD and HORROR MOVIE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ethoughtful, sinister tour-de-force\u003c\/b\u003e' Tananarive Due, L.A. Times Book Prize-winning author of THE REFORMATORY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Curdle Creek. We're dying to make you feel at home.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOsira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America governed by a tradition of ominous rituals designed to keep the residents safe.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCurdle Creek has one particularly strict policy: one in, one out.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd one day, it is Osira's turn.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForced into the great unknown. The sinister reality of her birthplace unravels around her. As she comes face-to-face with those she believed were lost, Osira must reckon with all she has ever been told and confront the insidious cruelties of inheritance.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'From the start, there are \u003cb\u003eechoes of Shirley Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eThe Lottery\u003c\/i\u003e, but readers who think they know where this is going will be surprised, as Osira's story has many weirder twists and turns ahead' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eTautly written, utterly gripping\u003c\/b\u003e, Yvonne Battle-Felton's novel invites the reader into\u003cb\u003e a world of mystery and mythology\u003c\/b\u003e' Carolyn Ferrell, author of DEAR MISS METROPOLITAN","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46482752241822,"sku":"ADS-9780349703541","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780349703541.jpg?v=1770351941","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780349703541","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}