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"The word 'masterpiece' has been cheapened by too many blurbs, but My Absolute Darling absolutely is one" (Stephen King). A brilliant and immersive, all-consuming read."My Absolute Darling is, very obviously, difficult to read... [b]ut it's also nearly impossible to put down. Tallent does a masterful job explaining why some abuse victims stay with the people who hurt them, especially when they've never known a life without abuse: "Her moments of happiness occur right at the margin of the unbearable." - Michael Schaub, NPRTurtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin. She knows the use of every gun on her wall. She knows how to snare a rabbit, sharpen a blade and splint a bone. She knows that her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world and he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her with him. But s

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Author

Gabriel Tallent

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780735211179

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Adventure, Literary Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (9,260 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14