{"product_id":"my-absolute-darling-paperback","title":"My Absolute Darling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGabriel Tallent\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eINSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLA TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK PRIZE FINALIST\u003cbr\u003eNBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FINALIST\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES'S \u003c\/i\u003eMOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE \u003ci\u003eWASHINGTON POST'S \u003c\/i\u003eMOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF NPR'S 'GREAT READS' OF 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAN AMAZON.COM BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBUSINESS INSIDER \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Impossible to put down.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A novel that readers will gulp down, gasping.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but \u003ci\u003eMy Absolute Darling \u003c\/i\u003eabsolutely is one.\" --Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl's heart-stopping fight for her own soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTurtle 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen 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. What follows is a harrowing story of bravery and redemption. With Turtle's escalating acts of physical and emotional courage, the reader watches, heart in throat, as this teenage girl struggles to become her own hero--and in the process, becomes ours as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShot through with striking language in a fierce natural setting, \u003ci\u003e My Absolute Darling\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgently told, profoundly moving read that marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel Tallent was born in New Mexico and raised on the Mendocino coast by two mothers. He received his B.A. from Willamette University in 2010, and after graduation spent two seasons leading youth trail crews in the backcountry of the Pacific Northwest. Tallent lives in Salt Lake City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175584829575,"sku":"9780735211186","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4fd215b14346d594ae399ddc0b13313a.webp?v=1733382670","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/my-absolute-darling-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}