My Absolute Darling: A Novel [1st PRINT/SIGNED]

Tallent, Gabriel

ISBN 10: 0735211175 / ISBN 13: 9780735211179

Published by Riverhead Books, 2017

About this Item

Riverhead, 2017, New York. Hard Cover. Book Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Unstated first edition, first printing with a full number line starting at "1". 9-1/4" tall, 417 numbered pages followed by an unnumbered page of "Acknowledgements"; dark green boards with lightly textured black quarter binding, copper lettering on spine; front board has the author's initials side-by-side, in copper; plain ivory end pages; fore edge is trimmed. Book is brand new and nearly pristine: it is perfectly clean, square, hinges tight, corners not bumped, no dings on edges, head at the rear hinge and heel of spine lightly bumped. The interior is also pristine: it is perfectly clean and free of writing, stray marks, stains or discolorations of any sort or paper damage of any type; paper is very lightly toned, very flexible and not at all brittle. Jacket is also brand new and is pristine: it is clean; no tears, folds or fading; very slight crease heel of spine; publisher's original price of "U.S.A. $27.00 / Canada $36.00" listed on the upper right corner of front flap. Condition of book and jacket consistent with being brand new and not read. No other discernible or objectionable faults on book or jacket such as marks or writing within, stains, tears, chips, or other damage that would diminish its appearance. No remainder mark, no previous owner markings or inscriptions, not price clipped, not a book club edition, not a former library book; 1-1/2" circular black-on-white "AUTOGRAPHED / EDITION" sticker on upper front panel near the spine; 2-1/4" x 1" black-on-white store sticker (author, title, price, ISBN number & bar code) on lower right corner of rear panel. Signed by the author in thin black felt pen at the bottom of title page well below his printed name and just above the publisher's name.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Absolute Darling: A Novel [1st PRINT/SIGNED]
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0735211175
• ISBN 13: 9780735211179
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST
NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FINALIST
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST’S MOST NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2017
ONE OF NPR’S ‘GREAT READS’ OF 2017
A USA TODAY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
AN AMAZON.COM BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
A BUSINESS INSIDER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

"Impossible to put down." —NPR

"A novel that readers will gulp down, gasping.” —The Washington Post
 
"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one." —Stephen King

A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read about one fourteen-year-old girl's heart-stopping fight for her own soul.

Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin. Her social existence is confined to the middle school (where she fends off the interest of anyone, student or teacher, who might penetrate her shell) and to her life with her father.

Then Turtle meets Jacob, a high-school boy who tells jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the sunrise. And for the first time, the larger world begins to come into focus: her life with Martin is neither safe nor sustainable. Motivated by her first experience with real friendship and a teenage crush, Turtle starts to imagine escape, using the very survival skills her father devoted himself to teaching her. What follows is a harrowing story of bravery and redemption. With Turtle's escalating acts of physical and emotional courage, the reader watches, heart in throat, as this teenage girl struggles to become her own hero—and in the process, becomes ours as well.

Shot through with striking language in a fierce natural setting, My Absolute Darling is an urgently told, profoundly moving read that marks the debut of an extraordinary new writer.

About the Author

Gabriel Tallent was born in New Mexico and raised on the Mendocino coast by two mothers. He received his B.A. from Willamette University in 2010, and after graduation spent two seasons leading youth trail crews in the backcountry of the Pacific Northwest. Tallent lives in Salt Lake City.