04096cam a2200733 4500 1707990638 TxAuBib 20241110120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250362025 1250362024 B0CQHJG76H Amazon ba6cb5ae-b498-450a-939f-d5e9b3740b9e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10346199 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Battle-Felton, Yvonne. Curdle Creek [Libby eBook] : A Novel. Henry Holt and Co., 2024. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3203kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. African American Literature. black women writers. black woman writers. population control. adherence to norms. social isolation. reuniting family. population count. American Gothic. dystopian novel. all-black town. rural England. games of life. realm travel. small towns. Time Travel. motherhood. Traditions. Belonging. ceremony. brothers. Siblings. dystopia. sisters. America. rituals. family. Horror. Widows. Spooky. exile. rural. HTML:<p><b>For fans of "The Lottery" and <i>The Hunger Games</i>, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way.</b><br /> <b>"<i>Curdle Creek</i> is a thoughtful, sinister tour-de-force."<br /> ―Tananarive Due, L.A. Times Book Prize-winning author of <i>The Reformatory</i></b><br /> Welcome to Curdle Creek, a place just dying to make you feel at home.<br /> Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of the remote all-Black town that's stuck in the past and governed by ominous rituals including a one in, one out population policy. Osira has always been considered blessed, but her luck changes when her grown children run off to parts unknown, escaping Curdle Creek's harsh traditions, she comes in second to last in the Running of the Widows, and her father flees after his name is called in the annual Moving On ceremony.<br /> Forced to jump into a well in a test of allegiance, Osira finds herself transported first back in time, and then into another realm where she must answer for crimes committed by Curdle Creek. Exile forces her to jump realms again, landing Osira even farther away from home, in rural England. Safe there as long as she sticks to the rules, she quickly learns there are consequences for every kindness. Each jump could lead Osira anywhere but will she ever find a place to call home? <i>Curdle Creek</i> is an American gothic in the tradition of Shirley Jackson that offers a mash-up of the surreal and literary horror that will appeal to fans of <i>Ring Shout</i>, <i>The Salt Grows Heavy</i> and <i>Lovecraft Country</i>. Yvonne Battle-Felton's fever-dream of a tale is layered and eerie and quite unlike anything else.</p>. African American Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Horror. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-09 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ba6cb5ae-b498-450a-939f-d5e9b3740b9e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ba6cb5ae-b498-450a-939f-d5e9b3740b9e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ba6cb5ae-b498-450a-939f-d5e9b3740b9e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) BTCLS