Alissa Butterworth

Broschiertes Buch

To Die Is Different Than Supposed

Beschreibung

2025 National Indie Excellence Award for Literary Fiction Finalist 2025 Maxy Award in General Fiction and Nonfiction Runner-Up We died by bicycle, by a breakfast gone bad, by a fist, a broken promise, a rowboat, letters no one else was supposed to see. Twenty years ago, the Gable family was nearly perfect-five siblings growing up in an old farmhouse in Pennsylvania with supposedly loving parents. But when a series of devastating events rocks the family-a house fire, the death of their young brother, infidelity, and betrayal-the siblings are left shattered and lost. Jackson is the oldest, the distant wanderer. Lex is trapped on the other side, desperately trying to communicate. Adrian is on the verge of a breakdown. Ella is haunted, finding comfort in a familiar ghost. Remy is the embittered "good" son. And Calvin is the youngest, the half-brother trying to make sense of inherited pain. When the estranged siblings come together for their father's funeral, they must reckon with his legacy of abuse and abandonment, and with the secrets they kept from each other for so long. Will Jackson find it in himself to tell the horrific story the family most needs to hear? Or will they all be forever trapped by their complicated pasts, unable to move into a more hopeful and united future?

Autor

Alissa Butterworth is an author, editor, certified book coach, and educator. She has taught creative writing to teens through graduate students and holds a longstanding Writer's Workshop. Alissa is particularly interested in helping students discover (or rediscover) their own voices and gifts. Her short story "The Carriage Held but Just Ourselves" debuted as part of the Satellite Collective's Telephone international art exhibit and was published in the accompanying Crosstown Press print anthology. She has appeared on television and the radio. To Die Is Different Than Supposed is her debut novel, and she is currently hatching several other book-length projects, both novels and creative nonfiction. Alissa earned an MFA in fiction from Lesley University and a BA in creative writing and English literature from Franklin & Marshall College. She lives in the Mid-Atlantic region with her family, which includes a silly rescue hound named Scout and a boisterous toddler.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenleaf Book Group, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781632999900
• ISBN-10: 1632999900
• Artikelnr.: 73108531