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Blood Kin

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Steve Rasnic Tem's new novel Blood Kin is set in the southern Appalachians of the U.S., alternating between the 1930s and the present day.

It's a dark Southern Gothic vision of ghosts, witchcraft, secret powers, snake-handling, Kudzu, Melungeons, and the Great Depression. Blood Kin is told from the dual points of view of Michael Gibson and of his grandmother Sadie. Michael has returned to the quiet Appalachian home of his forebears following a suicide attempt and now takes care of his grandmother old and sickly but with an important story to tell about growing up poor and Melungeon (a mixed race group of mysterious origin) while bedeviled by a snake-handling uncle and empathic powers she but barely understands. In a field not far from the Gibson family home lies an iron-bound crate within a small shack buried four feet deep under Kudzu vine. Michael somehow understands that hidden inside that crate is potentially his own death, his grandmother's death, and perhaps the deaths of everyone in the valley if he does not come to understand her story well enough.


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Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd
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Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9781849976602
  • Release date: February 24, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781849976602
  • Release date: February 24, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781849976602
  • File size: 811 KB
  • Release date: February 24, 2014

Open EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781849976602
  • File size: 790 KB
  • Release date: February 24, 2014

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
Open EPUB ebook

Languages

English

Steve Rasnic Tem's new novel Blood Kin is set in the southern Appalachians of the U.S., alternating between the 1930s and the present day.

It's a dark Southern Gothic vision of ghosts, witchcraft, secret powers, snake-handling, Kudzu, Melungeons, and the Great Depression. Blood Kin is told from the dual points of view of Michael Gibson and of his grandmother Sadie. Michael has returned to the quiet Appalachian home of his forebears following a suicide attempt and now takes care of his grandmother old and sickly but with an important story to tell about growing up poor and Melungeon (a mixed race group of mysterious origin) while bedeviled by a snake-handling uncle and empathic powers she but barely understands. In a field not far from the Gibson family home lies an iron-bound crate within a small shack buried four feet deep under Kudzu vine. Michael somehow understands that hidden inside that crate is potentially his own death, his grandmother's death, and perhaps the deaths of everyone in the valley if he does not come to understand her story well enough.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Rebellion Publishing Ltd

    Awards:

    Kindle Book
    ISBN: 9781849976602
    Release date: February 24, 2014

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781849976602
    Release date: February 24, 2014

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781849976602
    File size: 811 KB
    Release date: February 24, 2014

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781849976602
    File size: 790 KB
    Release date: February 24, 2014

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
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