"It is the voice of the characters, the kindness of strangers, and the
ingenuity and determination of our protagonist against terrible forces
that make this story sing." -- San Francisco Chronicle on Tucker's
debut, The Clay Girl
From the author of the Indie Next List pick The Clay Girl comes a
deeply moving novel about the resilience of a remarkable young woman
unraveling the mystery of a missing friend while struggling to grow past
the trauma of her calamitous upbringing.
From the waning flower-power '60s in Toronto through her East Coast
university years, Ari fights to discover who she is and what it means to
be the child of an addicted mother and depraved father. When her friend
Natasha, the perfect girl from the nicest family, suddenly vanishes, Ari
sets out to find out what has happened to her -- are her troubled
parents to blame?
With wit, tenacity, and the incessant meddling of Jasper -- the seahorse
in her head -- Ari rides turbulent waves of devilry and discovery,
calamity and creation, abandonment and atonement on a journey to find
her true self, and to find Natasha.
Cracked Pots is a story about a girl broken by both cruelty and truth.
It is a revelation that destiny is shaped in clay, not stone. It is also
a celebration of rising after the blows, gathering the fragments, and
piecing together a remarkable life through creativity, kindness, and
belonging.
