Título: The Red Grove: A Novel
Autor: Tessa Fontaine
Sinopse: Named a Must-Read by People and Alta
“The Red Grove is a shimmering, hidden world, and Tessa Fontaine is ferocious in every line. Intoxicating and impossible to put down.” ―Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo’s Got Money Troubles
What kind of world might we have, who might we become, if everyone were truly safe? What price would we pay for that kind of freedom?
There are secrets beneath every community―even those founded with the purest of intentions―secrets as strong and reaching as the roots that keep us connected to one another and anchored to home.
The Red Grove is a special place, protected. Some say a spell was cast by its founder, Tamsen Nightingale. Some say the mountain lions stalking the nearby hills guard its mysteries and its boundaries. Some say the mighty redwoods keep its people safe.
Yet a man has died on the Red Grove’s sacred ground. And Luce’s mother, Gloria, has vanished. The Red Grove is Luce’s whole world. She is utterly devoted to its mission, its rituals and history. Still, she knows that her mother, frustrated free spirit though she might be, wouldn’t just leave without a word, wouldn’t leave Luce’s little brother, Roo, and their aunt, Gem, whose life and care in a suspended state they call everdream depend on Gloria in every way. But strange things begin to happen as Luce tries to figure out where her mother has gone. Clicks echo out from the trees, flies pound against the windows, and a strange man keeps calling on the phone. The deeper Luce digs, the more she must ask if her beloved home, the women she admires, and the stories they tell might be built on a devastating lie.
The debut novel by the acclaimed author of The Electric Woman, Tessa Fontaine’s The Red Grove is a story about mothers, daughters, and sisters, about the dangers of being a woman in this world, and about the flawed, fierce choices we make to protect what we love.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Red Grove: A Novel”, de Tessa Fontaine, publicado pela editora Farrar, Straus and Giroux, em 2024 e com 336 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Páginas: 336
Ano: 2024
Edição: 1
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 0374605815
ISBN13: 9780374605810
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Farrar, Straus and Giroux costumam oferecer uma experiência de leitura que combina profundidade intelectual com uma escrita cuidadosamente elaborada, transitando entre ensaios, memórias e ficção literária. O catálogo apresenta obras que exploram temas como a complexidade das relações humanas, a busca por sentido em contextos históricos e sociais, e reflexões filosóficas sobre a maturidade e a condição humana. A narrativa varia entre o mais ensaístico e o mais narrativo, com textos que podem ser densos e contemplativos, como poemas extensos e meditações filosóficas, ou tensos e dramáticos, como romances que abordam conflitos pessoais e sociais. Em muitos casos, os livros propõem um diálogo entre passado e presente, revelando o impacto da história na vida individual e coletiva.
