When the innocence of fairy tales meets the terror of a Stephen King
thriller...
This international bestseller by French author Adeline Dieudonné is one
girl's bitingly funny coming-of-age tale within a violent, savage
family.
At home there are four bedrooms: one for her, one for her little brother
Sam, one for her parents, and one for the carcasses. Her father is a
big-game hunter, a powerful predator, and her mother is submissive to
her violent husband's demands. The young narrator spends the days with
Sam, playing in the shells of cars dumped for scrap and listening out
for the melody of the ice-cream truck, until a brutal accident shatters
their world. The uncompromising pen of Adeline Dieudonné wields flashes
of brilliance as she brings her characters to life in a world that is
both dark and sensual. This breathtaking debut is a sharp and funny
coming-of-age tale in which reality and fantasy collide.