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Heather Newton
The Puppeteer's Daughters
English · Paperback / Softback
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Description
Three daughters of a famed and eccentric puppeteer must confront their family divisions and tenuous relationships with their father and each other when, sinking into dementia, he announces there is a fourth daughter in this powerful story of family, ambition, and legacy.
About the author
Heather Newton’s novel Under The Mercy Trees (HarperCollins, 2011) won the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, was chosen by the Women’s National Book Association as a Great Group Reads Selection, and was named an Okra Pick by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. Her short story collection, McMullen Circle (Regal House, 2022), was a finalist for the W.S. Porter prize. Her novel The Puppeteer’s Daughters (Turner, 2022) is her second novel. A practicing attorney, she teaches creative writing for UNC-Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program and is co-founder and program manager for the Flatiron Writers Room in Asheville, North Carolina (flatironwritersroom.com). Visit her website at heathernewton.net.
Summary
Three daughters of a famed and eccentric puppeteer must confront their family divisions and tenuous relationships with their father and each other when, sinking into dementia, he announces there is a fourth daughter in this powerful story of family, ambition, and legacy.
Additional text
“Beautifully rooted in classic fairy tales, and rich with the intricacies of the puppeteer’s art, Heather Newton’s novel animates the lives of three complex women.” —Laura Kalpakian, author of Memory into Memoir and These Latter Days Product details
“Heartfelt, intriguing and breathtakingly creative. The Puppeteer’s Daughters proves that happily-ever-afters aren’t always the ending to fairytales—sometimes they’re just the beginning. Heather Newton is a born storyteller, showing us that magic can spill into our everyday lives when we step out of our comfort zones.” —Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Garden Spells and Other Birds
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Authors
Heather Newton
Publisher
Ingram Publishers Services
Languages
English
Product format
Paperback / Softback
Released
07.03.2023
EAN
9781684428595
ISBN
978-1-68442-859-5
No. of pages
304
Illustrations
Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
Subjects
Fiction
> Narrative literature
FICTION / Women, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
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