My absolute darling
(Book)
Author
Status
Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement
Tallent
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Tallent
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
417 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
UPC
40027423720
Notes
General Note
"A novel"--Book jacket.
Description
"Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin. Her social existence is confined to the middle school (where she fends off the interest of anyone, student or teacher, who might penetrate her shell) and to her life with her father. Then Turtle meets Jacob, a high-school boy who tells jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the sunrise. And for the first time, the larger world begins to come into focus: her life with Martin is neither safe nor sustainable. Motivated by her first experience with real friendship and a teenage crush, Turtle starts to imagine escape, using the very survival skills her father devoted himself to teaching her."--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
California, Northern -- Fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) in adolescence -- Fiction.
Infatuation -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations in adolescence -- Fiction.
Middle schools -- Fiction.
Motherless families -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Sexually abused children -- Fiction.
Survival fiction.
Survivalism -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Widowers -- Fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Identity (Psychology) in adolescence -- Fiction.
Infatuation -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations in adolescence -- Fiction.
Middle schools -- Fiction.
Motherless families -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Sexually abused children -- Fiction.
Survival fiction.
Survivalism -- Fiction.
Teenage girls -- Fiction.
Widowers -- Fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tallent, G. (2017). My absolute darling . Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tallent, Gabriel. 2017. My Absolute Darling. Riverhead Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tallent, Gabriel. My Absolute Darling Riverhead Books, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tallent, Gabriel. My Absolute Darling Riverhead Books, 2017.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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