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“Blood holds all kinds of curses.” Seven generations of women
in Susana Prather’s family have been lost to the Georgia swamp
behind her house. The morning after her eighteenth birthday, she
awakens soaked with water, with no memory of sleepwalking. No
matter how she tries to stop it, she’s pulled from her safe bed
night after night, haunted by her own family history and legacy.
Now, the truth feels unavoidable: it’s only a matter of time
before she loses her mind and the swamp becomes her grave. Unless
she can figure out how to break the curse. When she isn’t
sleepwalking, she’s dreaming of her
great-great-great-great-grandmother, Suzanna Yawn, who set the
curse in motion in 1855. Her ancestor’s life bears such
similarity to her own that it might hold the key she seeks. Or it
might only foretell tragedy. As Susana seeks solutions in the past
and the present, family members hold secrets tighter to their
chests, friends grow distant, and old flames threaten to sputter
and die. But Susana has something no one else has been able to
seize: the unflagging belief that all curses can be broken and that
love can help a new future begin. Based on her own family history,
award-winning novelist Caroline George’s latest novel is a
staggeringly beautiful work of hope. Stand-alone young adult
contemporary Southern gothic Perfect for fans of Wilder
Girls, Dark and Shallow Lies, and Swamplandia! Includes
discussion questions for book clubs
Caroline George once again transports readers with lush, evocative
prose, leading them to ask the question: what happens when we can't
even trust ourselves? Some memories are better left forgotten.
Darby and Morgan haven't spoken for two years, and their friend
group has splintered. But when the body of their former science
teacher is found in the marsh where they attended camp that summer,
they realize they have more questions than answers . . . and even
fewer memories. No one remembers-or no one is talking. The group of
reunited friends suspects that a murderer is stalking the coastal
highway 30A, and they are desperate to recover their memories as
quickly as possible . . . before their history they can't remember
repeats itself. Everyone has a secret. As tensions rise and time
runs out, Darby and Morgan begin to wonder if they can believe one
another . . . or if they can even trust themselves. Young Adult
suspense with romance Stand-alone novel Book length: 95,000 words
Includes discussion questions for book clubs
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