ACCESS DIGITIZED EDITION
Guide/Reviews Database
OLDER FICTION
McCarry, Sarah

Dirty Wings

258 pp. | St. Martin's Griffin | July, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-04938-4 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-02710-8
(3) YA This standalone prequel follows the All Our Pretty Songs protagonists' mothers as teenagers. Wealthy, sheltered piano prodigy Maia becomes fast friends with runaway Cass. McCarry skillfully switches between "then" (the early friendship) and "now," during a drug-fueled, life-altering road trip months later. Plugging itself as a retelling of the Persephone myth is stretching it, but no matter: McCarry's rich, accomplished prose is mesmerizing.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen

RELATED 

OLDER FICTION

What Beauty There Is
by Anderson, Cory
OLDER FICTION

Between Perfect and Real
by Stoeve, Ray
OLDER FICTION

Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good
by Werlin, Nancy
OLDER FICTION

Home Is Not a Country
by Elhillo, Safia
OLDER FICTION

All Our Hidden Gifts
by O'Donoghue, Caroline
More

Get connected. Join our global community of more than 200,000 librarians and educators.

This coverage is free for all visitors. Your support makes this possible.

We are currently offering this content for free. Sign up now to activate your personal profile, where you can save articles for future viewing.

ALREADY A SUBSCRIBER?