The red grove / Tessa Fontaine.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374605810 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 318 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
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Subject: | Communal living > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Secrecy > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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- 0 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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Lakeshore Branch | FIC Fonta | 31681010372902 | FICTION | Checked out | 08/14/2025 |
- Baker & Taylor
"When her mother goes missing, a young woman uncovers the secrets beneath her protected community"-- - Baker & Taylor
When her mother Gloria goes missing after the death of a man seeking a connection to the beyond, Luce, living in the protected community of Red Groveâdevoted to its mission, rituals and mythsâdiscovers this special place is not what it seems and that protection comes at a cost. - McMillan Palgrave
Long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
Named a Must-Read by People and Alta
â[A] devastating literary thriller.â âPeople
âSpellbinding.â âAlta
What kind of world might we have, who might we become, if everyone were truly safe? What price would we pay for that kind of freedom?
There are secrets beneath every communityâeven those founded with the purest of intentionsâsecrets as strong and reaching as the roots that keep us connected to one another and anchored to home.
The Red Grove is a special place, protected. Some say a spell was cast by its founder, Tamsen Nightingale. Some say the mountain lions stalking the nearby hills guard its mysteries and its boundaries. Some say the mighty redwoods keep its people safe.
Yet a man has died on the Red Groveâs sacred ground. And Luceâs mother, Gloria, has vanished. The Red Grove is Luceâs whole world. She is utterly devoted to its mission, its rituals and history. Still, she knows that her mother, frustrated free spirit though she might be, wouldnât just leave without a word, wouldnât leave Luceâs little brother, Roo, and their aunt, Gem, whose life and care in a suspended state they call everdream depend on Gloria in every way. But strange things begin to happen as Luce tries to figure out where her mother has gone. Clicks echo out from the trees, flies pound against the windows, and a strange man keeps calling on the phone. The deeper Luce digs, the more she must ask if her beloved home, the women she admires, and the stories they tell might be built on a devastating lie.
The debut novel by the acclaimed author of The Electric Woman, Tessa Fontaineâs The Red Grove is a story about mothers, daughters, and sisters, about the dangers of being a woman in this world, and about the flawed, fierce choices we make to protect what we love.