My Absolute Darling

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A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A METRO BOOK OF THE YEAR

The years must read novel The Times

One of the most important books youll pick up this decade Harpers Bazaar

An outstanding book that could be this years A Little Life Guardian
At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall. She knows how to snare a rabbit, sharpen a blade and splint a bone. She knows that her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world and hell do whatever it takes to keep her with him.

But she doesnt know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; why the line between love and pain can be so hard to see. Or why making a friend may be the bravest and most terrifying thing she has ever done.

Sometimes the people youre supposed to trust are the ones who do most harm. And what youve been taught to fear is the very thing that will save you

This book has challenged me like no other. Its a masterpiece. A work of art on a page. I guarantee this book will take your breath away Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

Brutal yet beautiful, My Absolute Darling has floored me. Dear Turtle, a heroine amidst the horror. Exceptional, unflinching storytelling Ali Land , author of Good Me Bad Me

An incandescent novel with an extraordinary, unforgettable heroine, both deeply contemplative and utterly thrilling Observer Thriller of the month

There are echoes of Mas bravery in Emma Donoghues Room, or the resilience of Cormac McCarthys protagonists as they struggle to stay alive. Tallents world is shocking in the truest sense of the word Irish Times

An utterly fantastic read. Every page is brimming with energy. And Turtle Alveston is as enthralling a character as Ive encountered in a good long while Kevin Powers, author of The Yellow Birds

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There are books we like well enough to recommend, but there are a very few To Kill a Mockingbird, Catch-22, The Things They Carried that we remember forever. To my own shortlist I can now add My Absolute Darling, by Gabriel Tallent The word masterpiece has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one Stephen King

If you liked Hanya Yanagiharas A Little Life, youll love this Daily Mail

A powerful tale with a howitzer of a heroine and a plethora of extraordinary scenes TLS

A heartrending debut that will shock, then shake, then inspire you Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You

An outstanding book that could be this years A Little Life Guardian

My Absolute Darling is an absolute triumph National

The writing is beautiful and vivid, while the story is brilliantly urgent, brutal and uncompromising Claire Fuller, author of Our Endless Numbered Days

Tallents breathtaking debut is a harrowing and at times psychologically difficult journey on the scale of A Little Life or The Goldfinch, but its worth it . . . a true inspiration Harpers Bazaar

Once a year certainly no more along comes a special novel that turns its readers into literary holy rollers. A couple of years ago it was Hanya Yanagiharas A Little Life. Before that Ferrante fever. This year, I suspect it will be My Absolute Darling The Times

This is a compelling and unsettling novel that sucks you into its darkly warped world and doesnt let go until the last page powerful, violent, savage and quite brilliant Daily Express

A gut wrenching, terrifying novel written so beautifully it sings off the page Kate Hamer, author of The Girl in the Red Coat

This is a bloody, brutal tale, but also an incredibly beautiful one Emerald Street

Author Bio

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. 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.