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Creatures
Creatures: A Novel | Crissy Van Meter
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Wiry, rhythmic, and wrenchingly beautiful, Creatures plumbs the sea-struck heart of a family fractured by longing and grief. Leni Zumas, bestselling author of Red Clocks On the eve of Evangelines wedding, a dead whale is trapped in the harbor of Winter Island, the groom may be lost at sea, and Evies mostly absent mother has shown up out of the blue. From there, in this mesmerizing, provocative debut, Evie remembers and reckons with her complicated upbringing in this lush, wild land off the coast of Southern California. Evie grew up with her well-meaning but negligent father, surviving on the money he made dealing the islands world-famous strain of marijuana, Winter Wonderland. Although he raised her with a deep respect for the elements, the sea, and the creatures living within it, he also left her to parent herself. With wit, love, and bracing ashes of anger, Creatures probes the complexities of love and abandonment, guilt and forgiveness, betrayal and griefand the ways in which our ability to love can be threatened if we are not brave enough to conquer the past. Lyrical, darkly funny, and ultimately cathartic, Creatures exerts a pull as strong as the tides.
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Gissy
Creatures: A Novel | Crissy Van Meter
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#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #TeamMonsterMash @Staycurious

Prompt-Creatures
Well, they look like spooky creatures to me👻☺️🍁🍂

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Victoria6
Creatures: A Novel | Crissy Van Meter
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Book #6

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Owlizabeth
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Oh my, this book. It‘s a tale of love and neglect and the way our parents hurt us and need us and how trauma settles in our bones. It‘s atmospheric and gorgeously written, flowing back and forth through time and slowly revealing secrets and triumphs and losses. I lost myself in this story, aching with its brilliance. I am dazzled and in awe of Crissy Van Meter. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Texreader What a review!!! It‘s terrific! 5y
Owlizabeth @Texreader Thanks! 🥰 5y
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Chelsea.Poole
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Read this so quickly and I feel like that's the way to do this one. The jumping timelines could be confusing if I hadn't kept with it within a short amount of time. I loved the connection to the ocean, the remote feeling of the island and how this was intertwined with the MC's emotions throughout. Dreamy, reflective, and ultimately a coming of age tale with struggles along the way. Listened to the #audiobook which was good. 🎧 🐚 🐋

Crazeedi Love your photo!!💕💕 5y
HeathHof Lovely pic! 5y
Geenie 😍 5y
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readordierachel I can't get enough of this cover! 5y
Cathythoughts Lovely post ✨✨✨✨✨ 5y
Chelsea.Poole @Crazeedi @Mynameisacolour @Yoshi-and-a-book @readordierachel @Cathythoughts right!? Isn't it so attractive? I cant help it, I often judge books based on the cover--a book lover's sin! 5y
Crazeedi @Chelsea.Poole I do too! And mostly it works out well 5y
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Chelsea.Poole
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My Valentine's Day read and a red velvet roll. Yes please!! 😋
I will admit, the majority of the appeal of this book is the cover. 🙃 it's just so pretty!!
Listening to the #audiobook also.

Scochrane26 That cake looks so good! I love red velvet. 5y
Tamra It is an amazing cover. 5y
Crazeedi Love this cover and your sweet treat!💕💕 5y
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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Oh! There IS a book in this picture. 🤣🤣🤣 mmm cake 5y
Chelsea.Poole @Scochrane26 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick it was delicious and worth completely ruining my diet! 😋 5y
Chelsea.Poole @Tamra @Crazeedi certain covers really appeal to me and this one has easily been my favorite so far this year 😊 5y
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Mitch
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When it‘s cold and rainy - books about California do the trick!

https://bookmarks.reviews/five-books-of-wild-california/

AmyG Did you read this yet? (edited) 5y
Mitch @AmyG not yet but it‘s making its way to the top of the pile! 5y
AmyG So many books...not enough time! @Mitch 5y
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Mitch
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Oh my goodness @AmyG this is the most beautiful book I‘ve had in my hands this year. It‘s gorgeous. And it sounds beautiful too. Thank you sweet friend. 😘

JenlovesJT47 ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Deifio Wow that cover is amazing! 5y
squirrelbrain That looks beautiful! ❤️ 5y
AmyG It is such a beautiful story. Let me know when you read it as I‘d love to discuss it wih you. 😘 Happy Holidays my friend. 5y
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