The Cherry Robbers

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The reclusive Sylvia Wren, one of the most important American artists of the past century, has been running from her past for sixty years. Born Iris Chapel, of the Chapel munitions dynasty, second youngest of six sisters, she grew up in a palatial Victorian 'Wedding Cake House' in New England, neglected by her distant father and troubled, haunted mother.

The sisters longed to escape, but the only way out was marriage. Not long after the first Chapel sister walks down the aisle, she dies of mysterious causes, a tragedy that repeats with the second sister, leaving the rest to navigate the wreckage, with heart-wrenching consequences.

The Cherry Robbers is a wonderfully atmospheric, propulsive novel about sisterhood, mortality and forging one's own path.

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'Hooray! Sarai Walker has done it again. With The Cherry Robbers she upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal.' - Maria Semple, bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette and Today Will Be Different

'A twisted take on the artist's coming-of-age story, The Cherry Robbers tackles deep questions about marriage, sexuality, familial loyalty, guns and the artist's life-a witty, delicious, demented joyride.' - Susan Scarf Merrell, author of Shirley

'Sarai Walker's debut novel does something few contemporary writers - whether green or seasoned - have managed to do well: Dietland is a searing feminist manifesto, a hardcore, politically-charged criticism of the unavoidable ills that plague women today. But, guess what It's also fun.' - Bustle

'Praise for Dietland:
'If Amy Schumer turned her subversive feminist sketches into a novel, dark on the inside but coated with a glossy, palatable sheen, it would probably look a lot like Dietland - a thrilling, incendiary manifesto disguised as a beach read.'' - Entertainment Weekly

Author Bio

Sarai Walker is the author of the novel Dietland, which has been published in more than a dozen countries and adapted as a television series. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian and elsewhere. She has lectured internationally on feminism and body image, and has spoken about these topics widely in the media. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College and a PhD in English from the University of London.