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Trentatre anni fa Kirsten, appassionata di magia e affini, ha avuto una figlia. Un'altra, l'ha vinta con un tiro di monete e l'I Ching; quale delle due sia l'una e quale l'altra non ha mai voluto rivelarlo. Ora Livy e Cheyenne delle sue storie fumose sono arcistufe: scorgendo la possibilità di scoprire la verità sulle loro radici, le due donne salgono in macchina, pronte ad attraversare gli Stati Uniti da Seattle a Boston alla...

A cross-country novel of sisterhood - like a feminist version of the Odyssey or a wild retelling of Thelma & Louise set across post-capitalist America.

From the author of the National Book Award longlisted epic The Great Offshore Grounds, the debut novel about activism, police violence, and white guilt that boldly launched her career--itself the winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for fiction.The world is on fire, and Della doesn't know what, if anything, she should do about it.The America Della lives in is poised on the brink of war. Curfews and other restrictions give the police an ex...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA wildly original, cross-country novel that subverts a long tradition of family narratives and casts new light on the mythologies--national, individual, and collective--that drive and define us.On the day of their estranged father's wedding, half sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It's been years since the two have seen each other. Cheyenne is newly back in Seattle, crashing with...

It blew me away' Emma Donoghue'Large in scope and heart' Patrick deWitt'Unforgettable' Nathan Hill'A blast' Karen Russell On the day of their estranged father's wedding, half-sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It's been years since the two have seen each other - Cheyenne is newly back in Seattle after a failed marriage, Livy works refinishing boats - but the promise of a shot at financial security brings the two toge...

A cross-country novel of sisterhood - like a feminist version of the Odyssey or a wild retelling of Thelma & Louise set across post-capitalist America.

From the author of the prizewinning indie-success Zazen comes a wildly original, cross-country novel that subverts a long tradition of family narratives--on sisters, mothers--and casts new light on the mythologies--national, individual, and collective--that drive and define us.On the day of their estranged father's wedding, half-sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It's been years since the two have seen each other. Ch...

When there is nothing left to burn, Della sets herself on fire. At twenty-seven, she is stuck in the far corner of a parallel America on the verge of collapse, splitting time slinging tofu scramble at the local vegan-friendly diner and counting down the days until the impending birth of her brother Credence's twins forces her out of his house's leaky attic apartment. She collects pictures of historic self-immolators and stares out the skylight...