Cracked Pots: A Novel

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The much-anticipated follow-up novel from the author of The Clay Girl

The perfect girl, from the nicest family, vanishes. For once in Ari Appletons life, the mayhem is not the fault of her twisted mother or dead father or is it The tragedy unfolds, revelations surface, then one misstep cracks everything open, leaving 16-year-old Ari with terrifying questions. Are Appletons the root of all evil

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. 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.

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"Speaking of the writing, it was as phenomenal in Cracked Pots as in The Clay Girl! It was my favourite thing about the first book, and it was my favourite about this book as well. Some of the turns of phrase just left me in awe--I read them multiple times in appreciation" -- Flavia the Bibliophile

Author Bio

Throughout an eclectic career in community health, Heather Tucker gathered stories, now used as threads for spinning award-winning yarns. Her highly acclaimed debut novel, The Clay Girl, was an ABA Indie pick and a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Author and the Atlantic Book Awards. Heather lives in Ajax, Ontario.