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BLOODROOT by AMY GREENE *SIGNED*
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- Features
- SIGNED, 1st Edition
- Subject
- Action, Adventure
- ISBN
- 9780307269867
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Named for a flower whose blood-red sap possesses the power both to heal and poison, Bloodroot is a stunning fiction debut about the legacies--of magic and madness, faith and secrets, passion and loss--that haunt one family across the generations, from the Great Depression to today. The novel is told in a kaleidoscope of seamlessly woven voices and centers around an incendiary romance that consumes everyone in its path: Myra Lamb, a wild young girl with mysterious, haint blue eyes who grows up on remote Bloodroot Mountain; her grandmother Byrdie Lamb, who protects Myra fiercely and passes down "the touch" that bewitches people and animals alike; the neighbor boy who longs for Myra yet is destined never to have her; the twin children Myra is forced to abandon but who never forget their mother's deep love; and John Odom, the man who tries to tame Myra and meets with shocking, violent disaster. Against the backdrop of a beautiful but often unforgiving country, these lives come together--only to be torn apart--as a dark, riveting mystery unfolds. With grace and unflinching verisimilitude, Amy Greene brings her native Appalachia--and the faith and fury of its people--to rich and vivid life. Here is a spellbinding tour de force that announces a dazzlingly fresh, natural-born storyteller in our midst.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307269868
ISBN-13
9780307269867
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73334065
Product Key Features
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Family Life, Literary
Book Title
Bloodroot
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2in.
Item Length
9.5in.
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Width
6.6in.
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2009-019483
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Greene's debut novel shows three generations of an eastern Tennessee family struggling against abusive men and narrow values that try to destroy their unusually active spirits. In the 1960s, Byrdie raises her granddaughter Myra on Bloodroot Mountain. She can tell early on that Myra has 'the touch,' an extra sensitivity passed down by the women of their family . . . The narration of Part One alternates between Byrdie and Myra's friend Doug, who loves the wild girl but knows she'll never be his. . . . Myra is swept up in a passionate romance with John Odom . . . Desire turns into violent possessiveness. . . . [A] fractured chronology builds suspense, allowing for red herrings and foreshadowing like Myra's box holding a ring with a man's finger still attached. . . . Pitch-perfect voices tell a story loaded with lyric suffering and redemption: Bound to be a huge hit." -Kirkus Reviews "This stunning debut novel is a triumph of voice and setting. Following one family from the Depression up through the present, the story is . . . set in a remote region called Bloodroot Mountain, so named for the rare flower that grows there, which can both poison and heal. The family's struggles with poverty and human cruelty and their search for connection are set against the majestic Appalachian landscape, which is evoked in the simplest and most beautiful language. At the center of this dramatic story is Myra Lamb . . . born with sky-blue eyes and a talent for connecting with animals and people. Allowed to run free on the family's mountaintop, Myra is a charismatic figure who eventually draws the romantic interest of John Odom, the wealthy son of business owners in town. Their marriage, which starts out with so much promise, gradually turns abusive . . . The long repercussions of their violent relationship, on both Myra's children and Myra's own sanity, are played out through the decades as each family member speaks to the lasting effects of John Odom's hot temper. With a style as elegant as southern novelist Lee Smith's and a story as affecting asThe Color Purple,this debut offers stirring testimony to the resilience of the human spirit." -Joanne Wilkinson,Booklist(starred, boxed review) "Bloodrootis a literary page-turner filled with characters-and a place-so real that they threaten to burst from the seams of the book and take over. I am haunted by Myra and her children, by the longing and grace of this book's language. But most of all I am haunted by the beauty of this lovely debut novel, a beauty as rare and hard to find as the elusive white-flowered plant for which it is named.Bloodrootis the best Appalachian novel to come out of the region in a long, long while, ushering in a fresh new voice that speaks for a whole generation." -Silas House, author ofClay's QuiltandA Parchment of Leaves "It's spooky whatBloodrootdid to me: it caused me to have a vision of Amy Greene typing at supernaturally speedy speed, thousands of beautiful novels just like this one purring out and away from her fingers. And there I am, in a rocker by a sunny window, forevermore reading them. That would heaven to me. The sound of her book's voices ring perfect." -Carolyn Chute, author ofThe Beans of Egypt, Maine "Bloodrootis a marvel of a first novel, its world deftly conjured, with a mood and magic all its own. I don't know what captivated me more, the vividness of its voices or its evocation of a corner of the American landscape both foreign and familiar-but I was riveted from start to finish." -Arthur Golden, author ofMemoirs of a Geisha "Amy Greene'sBloodrootcan stand proudly beside Alice Walker'sThe Color Purpleand Jeannette Walls'sThe Glass Castle, two works which likewi, "Some novels are so powerful, so magical in their sweep and voice, that they leave you feeling drugged. Close the pages and the people in them keep right on talking to you. Amy Greene's debut novel,Bloodroot,set in the bone-poor hollows of the eastern Tennessee mountains, is such a book. . . . I found myself close to tears at several turns-devastated along with the characters by another crazed loss-and yet never depressed. Greene's writing is so pure and effortless, so evocative of a far-off place, that the beauty of her words transcends whatever miseries her characters must overcome. . . . Greene, who grew up in the Smoky Mountains, captures what poverty looks and feels and sounds like. Her descriptions of a life lived by the railroad tracks rival any corner scene fromThe Wire.The vernacular is effortless and thick . . . This is a terribly sad, breathtakingly good read. Greene, get to writing another one quick." -Karen Valby,Entertainment Weekly,Grade: A "Four generations come to life in this beautiful and haunting debut novel by a daughter of Appalachia. It's about family, forbidden love and magic-and Greene's prose will cast a spell onyou." -Glamour "Bloodrootis a marvel of a first novel, its world deftly conjured, with a mood and magic all its own. I don't know what captivated me more, the vividness of its voices or its evocation of a corner of the American landscape both foreign and familiar-but I was riveted from start to finish." -Arthur Golden, author ofMemoirs of a Geisha "Amy Greene'sBloodrootcan stand proudly beside Alice Walker'sThe Color Purpleand Jeannette Walls'sThe Glass Castle, two works which likewise examine the isometric push of the human spirit against the immovable forces of tyranny and poverty. Greene's novel has everything I savor in fiction: flawed but sympathetic characters, a narrative as unpredictable as it is engaging, and a setting rendered with such a vivid palette of local color detail that you'd swear you were there." -Wally Lamb, author ofThe Hour I First Believed "Brooding, dark and beautifully imagined . . . IfWuthering Heightshad been set in southern Appalachia, it might have taken place on Bloodroot Mountain, where Amy Greene's debut novel by the same name unfolds. . . . Greene, a native of eastern Tennessee, has filled her book with the sights and sounds-and the 'granny women,' or healers-of the wild, untouched landscape of her childhood. These wise women have 'the touch': a gift for working with herbs, curing disease, delivering babies and foreseeing the future. Used for good, the touch is a benign power in harmony with nature, but it can 'draw ugly things to you if you're not right with the Lord.' The Bell sisters of Bloodroot Mountain once performed everyday magic that earned them respect for miles around. But a jealous cousin cursed them long ago, and the only one who can lift the family's run of bad luck is a baby 'born with haint blue eyes, a special color that wards off evil spirits and curses.' When blue-eyed Myra Lamb comes into the world, her grandmother Byrdie sighs with relief that the spell has finally ended. Myra has inherited her great-great aunts' gifts, and soon shows an ability to commune with birds, horses and other wild creatures: A neighbor finds her asleep in the leaves one day, a kaleidoscope of butterflies covering her like a blanket. But like many a human girl, Myra falls for the wickedly handsome John Odom . . . and she's willing to do whatever it takes to win him-even if it means resorting to a love charm she knows is taboo . . . From then on, the touch swirls throughBloodrootlike a deadly und, "Bloodrootis a marvel of a first novel, its world deftly conjured, with a mood and magic all its own. I don't know what captivated me more, the vividness of its voices or its evocation of a corner of the American landscape both foreign and familiar-but I was riveted from start to finish." -Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha "Amy Greene'sBloodrootcan stand proudly beside Alice Walker'sThe Color Purpleand Jeannette Walls'sThe Glass Castle, two works which likewise examine the isometric push of the human spirit against the immovable forces of tyranny and poverty. Greene's novel has everything I savor in fiction: flawed but sympathetic characters, a narrative as unpredictable as it is engaging, and a setting rendered with such a vivid palette of local color detail that you'd swear you were there." -Wally Lamb, author of The Hour I First Believed "Brilliant . . . A tapestry of voices and lives so rich and intricate that each and every storyline holds the reader spellbound. It is a story of generations and the place that gave them birth, a story of love and loss, and sacrifice and forgiveness. The voices ring as true and intimate as any I have ever heard. Hats off to Amy Greene, an immensely talented writer." -Jill McCorkle, author of Carolina Moon "It's spooky whatBloodrootdid to me: it caused me to have a vision of Amy Greene typing at supernaturally speedy speed, thousands of beautiful novels just like this one purring out and away from her fingers. And there I am, in a rocker by a sunny window, forevermore reading them. That would heaven to me. The sound of her book's voices ring perfect." -Carolyn Chute, author of The Beans of Egypt, Maine "Amy Greene is a born storyteller who depicts the voices and folkways of Appalachia with both eloquence and verisimilitude. A striking debut by a gifted writer." -Ron Rash, author ofSerena , "This stunning debut novel is a triumph of voice and setting. Following one family from the Depression up through the present, the story is . . . set in a remote region called Bloodroot Mountain, so named for the rare flower that grows there, which can both poison and heal. The family's struggles with poverty and human cruelty and their search for connection are set against the majestic Appalachian landscape, which is evoked in the simplest and most beautiful language. At the center of this dramatic story is Myra Lamb . . . born with sky-blue eyes and a talent for connecting with animals and people. Allowed to run free on the family's mountaintop, Myra is a charismatic figure who eventually draws the romantic interest of John Odom, the wealthy son of business owners in town. Their marriage, which starts out with so much promise, gradually turns abusive . . . The long repercussions of their violent relationship, on both Myra's children and Myra's own sanity, are played out through the decades as each family member speaks to the lasting effects of John Odom's hot temper. With a style as elegant as southern novelist Lee Smith's and a story as affecting asThe Color Purple,this debut offers stirring testimony to the resilience of the human spirit." -Joanne Wilkinson,Booklist(starred) "Bloodrootis a literary page-turner filled with characters-and a place-so real that they threaten to burst from the seams of the book and take over. I am haunted by Myra and her children, by the longing and grace of this book's language. But most of all I am haunted by the beauty of this lovely debut novel, a beauty as rare and hard to find as the elusive white-flowered plant for which it is named.Bloodrootis the best Appalachian novel to come out of the region in a long, long while, ushering in a fresh new voice that speaks for a whole generation." -Silas House, author ofClay's QuiltandA Parchment of Leaves "It's spooky whatBloodrootdid to me: it caused me to have a vision of Amy Greene typing at supernaturally speedy speed, thousands of beautiful novels just like this one purring out and away from her fingers. And there I am, in a rocker by a sunny window, forevermore reading them. That would heaven to me. The sound of her book's voices ring perfect." -Carolyn Chute, author ofThe Beans of Egypt, Maine "Bloodrootis a marvel of a first novel, its world deftly conjured, with a mood and magic all its own. I don't know what captivated me more, the vividness of its voices or its evocation of a corner of the American landscape both foreign and familiar-but I was riveted from start to finish." -Arthur Golden, author ofMemoirs of a Geisha "Amy Greene'sBloodrootcan stand proudly beside Alice Walker'sThe Color Purpleand Jeannette Walls'sThe Glass Castle, two works which likewise examine the isometric push of the human spirit against the immovable forces of tyranny and poverty. Greene's novel has everything I savor in fiction: flawed but sympathetic characters, a narrative as unpredictable as it is engaging, and a setting rendered with such a vivid palette of local color detail that you'd swear you were there." -Wally Lamb, author ofThe Hour I First Believed "Brilliant . . . A tapestry of voices and lives so rich and intricate that each and every storyline holds the reader spellbound. It is a story of generations and the place that gave them birth, a story of love and loss, and sacrifice and forgiveness. The voices ring as true and intimate as any I have ever heard. Hats off to Amy Greene, an immensely talented writer." -Jill McCorkle, author of Going Away Shoes "Amy Greene is a born storyteller who depicts the voices and folkways of Appalach, "I was riveted from start to finish." -Arthur Golden "Brilliant . . . Voices and lives so rich and intricate that the reader is held spellbound." -Jill McCorkle
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Lc Classification Number
Ps3607.R45254b57
Number of Pages
304 Pages
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