Description: In these ten arresting stories filled with exuberant imagination and emotional depth, debut author Russell takes readers to the ghostly and magical swamps of the Florida Everglades.
Review Quotes:
A San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year
"How I wish these were my own words, instead of breakneck demon writer Karen Russell's, whose stories begin, in prose form, where the jabberwock left off. . . . Run for your life. This girl is on fire." --Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Karen Russell is a storyteller with a voice like no other. . . . Laced with humor and compassion." --Lauren Gallo, People
"One of the strangest, creepiest, most surreal collections of tales published in recent memory. . . . Her writing bristles with confidence." --June Sawyers, San Francisco Chronicle
"Twent-five--year-old wunderkind Karen Russell . . . proves herself a mythologist of the darkest and most disturbing sort. . . . Ten unforgettable, gorgeously imaginative tales."--Jenny Feldman, Elle