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260 pp.
| St. Martin's Griffin
| July, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-1-250-06862-0$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-250-02713-9
(3)
YA
This conclusion to the magical realism trilogy (All Our Pretty Songs; Dirty Wings) follows Aurora's precocious daughter Tally on a trip to find the guitarist Jack, who might be her father. Tally's erudite first-person narration dovetails strangely and marvelously with the Jason and the Argonauts–inspired events of her trip and her passionate, unmooring affair with Maddy, a magnetic loner reminiscent of Medea.
258 pp.
| St. Martin's Griffin
| July, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-1-250-04938-4$18.99
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EbookISBN 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.
234 pp.
| St. Martin's Griffin
| July, 2013
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TradeISBN 978-1-250-04088-6$19.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-250-02708-5$9.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-250-02709-2
(3)
YA
The unnamed narrator and her flighty best friend, Aurora, have an unshakable bond, even when Aurora is at her wildest and most reckless. When the girls meet older Jack, a guitarist so adept that his songs seem to cast a spell on listeners, many things shift. McCarry's prose--poetic, elaborate, and frequently haunting--is spellbinding, too, in this gritty magical realism tale.