A loyal brother sets out with his tenacious younger sister to avenge her mother's death at the jaws of a mountain lion in 19th-century Texas.
Elizabeth Crook Bücher
Der Ansatz dieser Autorin zum Geschichtenerzählen wurzelt tief in einer kindlichen Vorliebe für Literatur, die von einer Mutter gefördert wurde, die jeden Abend vorlas. Diese immersiven Erfahrungen weckten eine lebenslange Leidenschaft dafür, Erzählungen zu weben, die den Leser in andere Welten entführen und ihn mit Charakteren verbinden, die sich von seinen eigenen unterscheiden. Ihr eigener Schreibprozess zeichnet sich durch eine langsame, bewusste Auseinandersetzung mit Geschichten aus, was eine tiefe Wertschätzung für die Kraft der Erzählung widerspiegelt. Die daraus resultierenden Werke betonen emotionale Resonanz und die transformative Reise des gemeinsamen Lesens.
The Night Journal
- 464 Seiten
- 17 Lesestunden
A mesmerizing novel of four generations of Southwestern women bound to a mythical legacy With its family secrets and hallowed texts containing explosive truths, The Night Journal suggests A. S. Byatt’s Possession transplanted to the raw and beautiful landscape of the American Southwest. Meg Mabry has spent her life oppressed by her family’s legacy—a heritage beginning with the journals written by her great-grandmother in the 1890s and solidified by her grandmother Bassie, a famous historian who published them to great acclaim. Until now, Meg has stubbornly refused to read the journals. But when she concedes to accompany the elderly and vipertongued Bassie on a return trip to the fabled land of her childhood in New Mexico, Meg finally succumbs to the allure of her great-grandmother’s story—and soon everything she believed about her family is turned upside down.
The Which Way Tree
- 288 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
<b>The poignant odyssey of a tenacious young girl who braves the dangers of the Texas frontier to avenge her mother’s death</b> Early one morning in the remote hill country of Texas, a panther savagely attacks a family of homesteaders, mauling a young girl named Samantha and killing her mother, whose final act is to save her daughter’s life. Samantha and her half brother, Benjamin, survive, but she is left traumatized, her face horribly scarred. Narrated in Benjamin’s beguilingly plainspoken voice, The Which Way Tree is the story of Samantha’s unshakeable resolve to stalk and kill the infamous panther, rumored across the Rio Grande to be a demon, and avenge her mother’s death. In their quest she and Benjamin, now orphaned, enlist a charismatic Tejano outlaw and a haunted, compassionate preacher with an aging but relentless tracking dog. As the members of this unlikely posse hunt the panther, they are in turn pursued by a hapless but sadistic Confederate soldier with troubled family ties to the preacher and a score to settle. In the tradition of the great pursuit narratives, The Which Way Tree is a breathtaking saga of one steadfast girl’s revenge against an implacable and unknowable beast. Yet with the comedic undertones of Benjamin’s storytelling, it is also a timeless tale full of warmth and humor, and a testament to the enduring love that carries a sister and brother through a perilous adventure with all the dimensions of a legend.