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«Ce livre est a` la fois une danse, un chant et un e´clat de lune, mais par-dessus tout, l'histoire qu'il raconte est, et restera a` jamais, celle de la Petite Indienne.» La Petite Indienne, c'est Betty Carpenter, ne´e dans une baignoire, sixie`me de huit enfants. Sa famille vit en marge de la socie´te´ car, si sa me`re est blanche, son pe`re est cherokee. Lorsque les Carpenter s'installent dans la petite ville de Breathed, apre`s des anne´es d'errance, le paysage luxuriant de l'Ohio semble leur apporter la paix. Avec ses fre`res et soeurs, Betty grandit berce´e par la magie imme´moriale des histoires de son pe`re. Mais les plus noirs secrets de la famille se de´voilent peu a` peu. Pour affronter le monde des adultes, Betty puise son courage dans l'e´criture : elle confie sa douleur a` des pages qu'elle enfouit sous terre au fil des anne´es. Pour qu'un jour, toutes ces histoires n'en forment plus qu'une, qu'elle pourra enfin re´ve´ler.
Betty raconte les myste`res de l'enfance et la perte de l'innocence. A` travers la voix de sa jeune narratrice, Tiffany McDaniel chante le pouvoir re´parateur des mots et donne naissance a` une he´roi¨ne universelle.
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Été 1984 à Breathed, petite ville de l'Ohio, pétrie de ferveur religieuse et de préjugés. Le procureur Autopsy Bliss, tourmenté par la lutte entre le Bien et le Mal, publie une annonce dans le journal local : il invite le diable à venir lui rendre visite. Le lendemain, un jeune garçon à la peau noire et aux yeux d'un vert intense se présente devant le tribunal. Il prétend répondre à l'appel. Des événements inquiétants commencent alors à se produire et réveillent les superstitions. Cet enfant est-il l'incarnation du mal ou un simple vagabond à l'âme meurtrie ? Dans le même temps, une vague de chaleur infernale s'abat sur la ville.
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Arc et Daffy sont jumelles, nées à une minute d'intervalle. Unies par leurs indomptables chevelures rousses, les récits de leur grand-mère et une imagination fertile, les deux soeurs sont inséparables. Ensemble, elles fuient un quotidien sordide en plongeant dans un monde imaginaire. Pourtant, irrémédiablement engluées dans les ténèbres familiales, elles ne peuvent échapper aux fantômes qui les hantent. Devenue adulte, Arc lutte tou- jours avec ses souvenirs lorsqu'on découvre le corps d'une femme noyée dans la rivière.
Bientôt, les cadavres s'accumulent. Alors que ses amies disparaissent autour d'elle, Arc se rend peu à peu à l'évidence : tenir la promesse qu'elle a faite à Daffy de les protéger des puissants remous du "côté sauvage" de l'existence s'avère impossible.
Le nouveau chef-d'oeuvre élégiaque de Tiffany McDaniel est une ode à toutes celles qui ont disparu ou perdu un être cher, qui transcende par une plume virtuose et lumineuse. -
B>A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians about a young girl and the family truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life./b>br>br>"A girl comes of age against the knife."br>br>So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white mother and a Cherokee father, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit in the rural town of Breathed, Ohio, is one of poverty and violence--both from outside the family and, devastatingly, from within. The lush landscape, rich with birdsong, wild fruit, and blazing stars, becomes a kind of refuge for Betty, but when her family''s darkest secrets are brought to light, she has no choice but to reckon with the brutal history hiding in the hills, as well as the heart-wrenching cruelties and incredible characters she encounters.br>br>Despite the hardships she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father''s brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all to which she bears witness, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. She recounts the horrors of her family''s past and present with pen and paper and buries them deep in the dirt--moments that have stung her so deeply she could not share them, until now.br>br>Inspired by generations of her family, Tiffany McDaniel sets out to free the past by delivering this heartbreaking yet magical story--a remarkable novel that establishes her as one of the most important voices in American fiction.
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< Six women -- mothers, daughters, sisters--gone missing. When the first is found floating dead in the river, it reveals the disturbing truth of a small Ohio town. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing and haunting novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims,;from the internationally-bestselling author of
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Arcade and Daffodil were born one minute apart, twins that swore to always protect each other.
Together, Arc and Daffy forge a world shot through with colour and wonder: a patch of grass becomes an archaeologist''s dig; the toxic fumes emerging from the local paper mill are the dust rising from wild horses gallopping in the factory''s basement; an abandoned 1950s convertible is a time machine that can take them and their friends anywhere. Their bond is an escape from their struggling family, their imaginations a reprieve from the failing, lusterless streets of Chillicothe, Ohio.
As the legacy of addiction that has long plagued their mother tightens its grip on their lives, Arc and Daffy try to build a new life for themselves. But when a local prostitute is found tangled in the banks of the river, Arc finds herself drawn to the mystery, determined to find the truth and protect the only family she''s ever known.
But as more familiar bodies are found and with the killer circling closer and closer, Arc''s mission to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate - and the powerful riptides of the savage side increasingly difficult to resist.
Drawing from the true story of six women killed in her native state, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a haunting, singular portrait of small towen America and an elegy for missing women everywhere. -
THE SUMMER THAT MELTED EVERYTHING
MCDANIEL, TIFFANY
- SCRIBE PUBLICATIONS
- 6 Juillet 2017
- 9781911344360
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Arcade and Daffodil are bright things, twins born one minute apart who swore to always protect each other. Together, Arc and Daffy forge a world shot through with colour and wonder: a patch of grass becomes an archaeologist''s dig; the toxic fumes emerging from the local paper mill are the dust rising from wild horses gallopping in the factory''s basement; an abandoned 1950s convertible is a time machine that can take them and their friends anywhere. Their bond is an escape from their struggling family, their imaginations a reprieve from the failing, lusterless streets of Chillicothe, Ohio. As the legacy of addiction that has long plagued their mother tightens its grip, Arc and Daffy try to build a new life for themselves. But when a local prostitute is found tangled in the banks of the river, Arc is drawn to the mystery, determined to find the truth and protect the only family she''s ever known. But as more familiar bodies are found and with the killer circling closer and closer, Arc''s mission to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate - and the powerful riptides of the savage side ever more difficult to resist. Drawing from the true story of six women killed in her native state, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a haunting, singular portrait of small town America and an elegy for missing women everywhere.