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Time's mouth : a novel / Edan Lepucki.
"Ursa possesses a very special gift. She can travel through memory and revisit her past. After she flees her hometown for the counterculture glory of 1950s California, the intoxicating potential of her unique ability eventually draws a group of women into her orbit and into a ramshackle Victorian mansion in the woods outside Santa Cruz. But Ursa's powers come with a cost"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781640095724 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 407 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Counterpoint edition.
- Publisher: Berkeley : Counterpoint, 2023.
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| Subject: | Communal living > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Time travel > Fiction. Women > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Lepuc | 31681010336246 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Still heartbroken over the abandonment of the mother she never knew, teenager Opal journeys into her own past to reveal the generations of secrets that gave rise to the shimmering source of her familyâs painful legacyâone that grows more powerful with time. - Baker & Taylor
"Ursa possesses a very special gift. She can travel through memory and revisit her past. After she flees her hometown for the counterculture glory of 1950s California, the intoxicating potential of her unique ability eventually draws a group of women into her orbit and into a ramshackle Victorian mansion in the woods outside Santa Cruz. But Ursa's powers come with a cost"-- - Random House, Inc.
Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize
From New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape of California
Ursa possesses a very special gift. She can travel through memory and revisit her past. After she flees her hometown for the counterculture glory of 1950âs California, the intoxicating potential of her unique ability eventually draws a group of women into her orbit and into a ramshackle Victorian mansion in the woods outside Santa Cruz. Yet Ursaâs powers come with a cost. Soon this cultish community of sisterhood takes an ominous turn, prompting her son, Ray, and his pregnant lover, Cherry, to flee their home for Los Angeles and reinvent themselves far from Ursaâs insidious influence. But escaping their past wonât be so easy. A series of mysterious events forces Cherry to abandon their baby, leaving Ray to raise Opal alone.
Now a teenager and still heartbroken over the abandonment of the mother she never knew, Opal must journey into her own past to reveal the generations of secrets that gave rise to the shimmering source of her family's painful legacy.
From the forests of Santa Cruz, to the 1980s glam of Melrose Avenue to a solitary mansion among the oil derricks off La Cienega Boulevard, and brimming with the double-edged capacity of memory to both heal and harm, Timeâs Mouth is a poignant and evocative excavation of the bonds that bind families together.
