Curdle Creek : a novel

Title Curdle Creek : a novel
Names Battle-Felton, Yvonne.
Book Number DB125453
Title Status Active
Medium Digital Books
Annotation "For fans of "The Lottery" and The Hunger Games, this novel set in a small town with a sinister tradition is chilling in the best possible way. Welcome to Curdle Creek, a place just dying to make you feel at home. Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America stuck in the past and governed by a tradition of ominous rituals. Osira is considered blessed, but her luck changes when her children run off, she comes second to last in the Running of the Widows and her father flees when his name is called in the annual Moving On ceremony. Forced into a test of allegiance, Osira finds herself transported back in time, 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 as long as she sticks to the rules, she quickly learns there are consequences for every kindness. Will another jump lead Osira anywhere but back home? Curdle Creek is a unique, inventive novel exploring themes of home, belonging, motherhood and what we inherit from society. This American gothic offers a mash-up of the surreal and literary horror that will appeal to fans of Ring Shout, The Underground Railroad and Lovecraft Country. Yvonne Battle-Felton's fever dream of a tale is enthralling, layered and quite unlike anything else"-- Provided by publisher. -- Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
Narrator Abbott-Pratt, Joniece.
Local Subject Exclusion - Female Narrator - FN
Exclusion - Short Book - SH
Occult & Supernatural - OCC
Occult Fiction Only - OCF
Time Travel - TTR
Black Interest - BLK
BLACK FICTION - BLF
Foreign Setting - FS
LC Subject Small cities - Fiction
City and town life - Fiction
African Americans - Fiction
Cults - Fiction
Gothic fiction
Horror fiction
Novels
Fiction
Call Number 813.6 AFI
Language English
Original Publication Reissue of: 2024 9781250367617 2024
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