I’m thrilled to help Main Point Books welcome GennaRose Nethercott to Philadelphia and celebrate the release of her debut novel, Thistlefoot. The reading, conversation, and shadow puppet show are free and open to the public. RSVP here.
In the tradition of modern fairytales like American Gods and Spinning Silver comes a sweeping epic rich in Eastern European folklore – a debut novel about the ancestral hauntings that stalk us, and the uncanny power of story.
The Yaga siblings – Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist – have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited – only to discover that their bequest isn’t land or money, but something far stranger: a sentient house on chicken legs.
I’ve been driving for six hours when a hotel appears on an otherwise empty stretch of road. It has turrets and a fussy gazebo, like an antique wedding cake preserved by moonlight, and a red sign promising “vacancy.” Whatever it costs, my emergency stash will have to cover it.