Description
In 1967 Arkansas, a snake-handler with a gift for speaking to the dead returns to the farmhouse of her childhood, intending only a brief visit to honor the buried and leave again. What begins as a quiet reckoning with family ghosts turns into an unexpected bond when she meets a haunted young Vietnam veteran, drawing her back into the tangled lives she thought were gone. As folk magic and the natural world intertwine, the story follows an abused woman and her daughters as they find courage, while a predatory threat closes in and forces everyone to choose between escape and staying to fight. With lyrical, naturalist-leaning prose and a wry, haunting sensibility, this Southern debut explores trauma’s long shadow, the power of names and memory, and the redemptive strength of found family.
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paperback
Kensington Publishing Corp
Published Mar 25, 2025
353 pages
ISBN: 9781496753120
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First Published
2025
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Song of the Blue Bottle Tree by India Hayford.