Betty

Betty

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Beschreibung

'not A Story You Will Soon Forget' Karen Joy Fowler, Author Of Man Booker Prize Finalist We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves 'shot Through With Moonshine, Bible Verses, And Folklore, Betty Is About The Cruelty We Inflict On One Another, The Beauty We Still Manage To Find, And The Stories We Tell In Order To Survive' Eowyn Ivey, Author Of The Snow Child 'a Girl Comes Of Age Against The Knife.' So Begins The Story Of Betty Carpenter. Born In A Bathtub In 1954 To A Cherokee Father And White Mother, Betty Is The Sixth Of Eight Siblings. The World They Inhabit Is One Of Poverty And Violence - Both From Outside The Family And Also, Devastatingly, From Within. When Her Family's Darkest Secrets Are Brought To Light, Betty Has No Choice But To Reckon With The Brutal History Hiding In The Hills, As Well As The Heart-wrenching Cruelties And Incredible Characters She Encounters In Her Rural Town Of Breathed, Ohio. Despite The Hardship She Faces, Betty Is Resilient. Her Curiosity About The Natural World, Her Fierce Love For Her Sisters And Her Father's Brilliant Stories Are Kindling For The Fire Of Her Own Imagination, And In The Face Of All She Bears Witness To, Betty Discovers An Escape: She Begins To Write. A Heartbreaking Yet Magical Story, Betty Is A Punch-in-the-gut Of A Novel - Full Of The Crushing Cruelty Of Human Nature And The Redemptive Power Of Words.

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5
Alle
5

i read a little life in july and betty was still the worst and best and hardest book to read this year. pls check trigger warnings beforehand though (:

5

This book is a treasure

5

"A girl comes of age against the knife, Betty. But the woman she becomes must decide if the blade will cut deep enough to rip her apart or if she will find the strength to leap with her arms out and dare herself to fly in a world that seems to break like glass around her.“ If I could give this novel all the stars in this galaxy I would

5

this book will make you cry your heart out repeatedly and leave you staring at a wall for two weeks

0

It doesn’t feel right to rate such a personal book

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