Dirtpickers: The astonishing, heart-swelling debut novel of love, trauma and found family, from a raw new Irish talent - Hardcover

Dirtpickers : An astonishing, heart-breaking debut novel of love, trauma and found family, from a raw new Irish talent

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A magnificent novel' Belinda McKeon, author of Solace and Tender'Truly unforgettable' Fíona Scarlett, author of Boys Don't Cry'Everything I love in a novel' Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious ThingsA heart-swelling beauty of a debut novel of love, trauma and found family - perfect for fans of Chris Whitaker, Liz Moore and Marilynne Robinson.'Little Maude Rowe sits in the crick, her pockets heavy with gold, the blood on her face turned to powdered rust . . .'In a remote valley in Idaho in 1981, a man, a woman and three children stop running to wash the blood from their hands and bodies. They are the few survivors of a terrible tragedy. Their only choice now is, somehow, to become a family.Five years earlier, Opal and her husband James arrive in the small mining community of Silver Valley, drawn by promises of fortune and independence. There they meet Baron Rowe, the charismatic visionary who controls the community with an iron fist. Baron's son Denny has spent his life trying, and failing, to live up to Baron's expectations, and to protect his little sister Maude from their father's excesses. Soon, a tragic accident will change all their lives. And five years later, change will come again at the barrel of a gun . . .\*Selected as the Fresh Ink pick for Goldsboro Books debut fiction subscription box June 2026\*\*A winner of the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair 2024\*\*Number 5 in the Irish Original TPB Fiction Chart June 2026\*. Artikel-Nr. 9781786586254

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