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By: Gabriel Tallent

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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages417
  • Published2017
  • File size3.4 MB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780735211179

Key ideas from the book

  • Turtle’s wilderness skills and knowledge of firearms are central to how she navigates her world.
  • The story examines the painful confusion between love and harm in a family relationship.
  • Making a friend becomes a frightening but significant possibility for Turtle.
  • The novel explores trust, danger, and the prospect of finding a way to safety.
  • Its coming-of-age and thriller elements may appeal to readers of contemporary literary fiction.

About My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

Fourteen-year-old Turtle Alveston is skilled with guns and wilderness tasks, but struggles to understand why love and pain seem so closely bound in her relationship with her father. When she makes a friend, that connection becomes a daunting step toward a different life.

Published in 2017, Gabriel Tallent’s contemporary novel is described as literary fiction, coming-of-age fiction, and a thriller. It may suit readers looking for an intense story about family, trust, danger, and the possibility of finding help beyond the people one is expected to trust.

About Gabriel Tallent

Gabriel Tallent is an American novelist who grew up in Mendocino County, California. His debut, *My Absolute Darling* (2017), follows a teenage girl navigating abuse, isolation, and a fierce bond with the natural world. The novel drew wide critical attention for its intense portrait of survival and its vivid evocation of the Northern California wilderness. Tallent’s work explores the complicated ties between family, violence, and independence, as well as the ways people endure and seek a life…

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