Crooked Plow by Itamar Viera Junior

Crooked Plow by Itamar Viera Junior'I heard our grandmother asking what we were doing.'"Say something!" she demanded, threatening to tear out our tongues. Little did she know that one of us was holding her tongue in her hand.' Deep in Brazil's neglected Bahia hinterland, two sisters find an ancient knife beneath their grandmother's bed and, momentarily mystified by its power, decide to taste its metal. The shuddering violence that follows marks their lives and binds them together

lamb & apricot

they are chasing dreams of rebirth and reinvention

and also clarifies and solidifies one’s relationships to friends and lovers

as rebellion sweeps the land

They are bogarted

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Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt

dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice

internationally bestselling author Johann Hari sets out on a global investigative journey into our shortening attention spans

his volatile wife

like a taffeta skirt along the floor

Ruth Wilson began to have recurring dreams about losing her voice