Tiffany McDaniel Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for an escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother's stories. Together they disappear into their imagination and forge a world where a patch of grass reveals an archaeologist's dig, the smoke emerging from the local paper mill becomes the dust rising from wild horses galloping deep beneath the earth, and an abandoned 1950s convertible transforms into a time machine that can take them anywhere. But no matter how hard they try, Arc and Daffy can't escape the generational ghosts that haunt their family. And so, left to fend for themselves in the shadow of their rural Ohio town, the two sisters cling tight to one another. Years later, as the sisters wrestle with the memories of their early life, a local woman is discovered dead in the river. Soon, more bodies are left floating in the water, and as the killer circles ever closer, Arc's promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate - and the powerful riptide of the savage side more difficult to survive. Drawing from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere.

In un mondo in declino, una misteriosa oscurità avanza dall'Antartide, divorando la Terra e portando l'umanità nel panico. Continenti e persone vengono cancellati uno a uno, senza possibilità di salvezza. In questo contesto apocalittico, Laken Cottle cerca disperatamente di tornare a casa a New York dalla sua famiglia. Il suo viaggio si trasforma in una ricerca di redenzione, affrontando l'orrore e ripercorrendo il proprio passato. La narrazione esplora il potere delle storie e la responsabilità individuale, affrontando temi di colpa e oscurità dell'anima umana. L'autrice, Tiffany McDaniel, guida il lettore attraverso una casa degli specchi, dove la realtà conosciuta perde consistenza, lasciando spazio a un'altra, inimmaginabile. Questo romanzo, una fusione di elementi gotici e metafisici, riflette su come, in un mondo che muore, perdersi possa essere l'unica via per salvarsi. Con una prosa magistrale, l'opera si distingue come una delle più originali della letteratura contemporanea, invitando a riflettere sulla fragilità della condizione umana e sul potere delle narrazioni.

Gebaseerd op haar eigen familiegeschiedenis vertelt McDaniel een adembenemend verhaal over de kracht van verbeelding in moeilijke tijden.

La 4e de couv. indique : "Fielding Bliss has never forgotten the summer of 1984. The year a heatwave scorched the small town of Breathed, Ohio. The year he became friends with the devil. When a tattered and bruised thirteen-year-old boy turns up in Breathed claiming to be Satan himself, everybody assumes he is just a runaway. But when strange things start happening to the townsfolk, there are some who start to believe that Sal is exactly who he claims to be."