Cursed bread
Mackintosh, Sophie2023
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Elodie is the baker's wife. A plain, unremarkable person, largely ignored by her husband, she burns with the secret desire to be extraordinary. One day a charismatic new couple appears in town - the ambassador and his sharp-toothed wide, Violet - and Elodie quickly falls under their spell. All summer long she stalks them through the shining streets, inviting herself into their home, trying to decipher their coded conversation, longing to possess them at any cost. Meanwhile, beneath the tranquil surface of daily life, strange things are happening. Six horses are found dead in a sun-drenched field, laid out neatly on the ground like an offering. Widows see their lost husbands walking up the river in the night, coming back to claim them. A teenage boy throws himself into the bonfire at the midsummer feast. A dark intoxication is spreading through the town, and when Elodie finally understands her role in it, it will be too late to stop.
Main title:
Cursed bread / Sophie Mackintosh.
Author:
Mackintosh, Sophie, author
Imprint:
London : Hamish Hamilton, 2023.
Collation:
181 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780241539613 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
2329329