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Title Demi-gods / Eliza Robertson
Imprint New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018
©2017

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Descript 230 pages ; 22 cm
Note "Atmospheric and lushly detailed, Demi-Gods captures the wonder and menace of adolescence in ways both unsettling and profound."--Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train and A Piece of the World "A brutally beautiful coming-of-age story that sings with language as lovely, wild, and full of ominous longing as the young woman at its center." --Robin Wasserman, author of Girls on Fire It is 1950, and nine-year-old Willa's sheltered childhood is about to come to an end when her mother's beau arrives with his two sons to her family's summer home in British Columbia. As Willa's older sister pairs off with the older of these boys, Willa finds herself alone in the off-kilter company of the younger, Patrick. When, one afternoon, Patrick lures Willa into a dilapidated rowboat, Willa embarks upon an increasingly damaging relationship with Patrick, one that will forever reconfigure her understanding of herself. Demi-Gods traces the tumultuous years of Willa's coming-of-age as she is drawn further into Patrick's wicked games. Though they see each other only a handful of times, each of their encounters is increasingly charged with sexuality and degradation. When Willa finally realizes the danger of her relationship with Patrick, she desperately tries to reverse their dynamic, with devastating results. Daring, singular, and provocative, Demi-Gods announces the arrival of one of the most exciting new voices in contemporary literature
Subject Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
Dysfunctional families.
Saltspring Island (B.C.) -- Fiction
British Columbia -- Saltspring Island
Bildungsromans.
Fiction.
Romaner
Classmark 813/.6
ISBN/ISSN 9781635570700 (hardcover acidfree paper)
1635570700 (hardcover acidfree paper)
9781408890387 (paperback)
1408890380 (paperback)
9781635570724 (electronic book)
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