Genre: Horror
Length: 304 pages
Audiobook Length: 9 hours and 11 minutes
First Published: 2023
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Publisher’s Description
Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk with her wherever she goes. It’s locked at all times. Because when the trunk opens, people around Adelaide start to disappear.
The year is 1915, and Adelaide is in trouble. Her secret sin killed her parents, forcing her to flee California in a hellfire rush and make her way to Montana as a homesteader. Dragging the trunk with her at every stop, she will become one of the “lone women” taking advantage of the government’s offer of free land for those who can tame it—except that Adelaide isn’t alone. And the secret she’s tried so desperately to lock away might be the only thing that will help her survive the harsh territory.
Crafted by a modern master of magical suspense, Lone Women blends shimmering prose, an unforgettable cast of adventurers who find horror and sisterhood in a brutal landscape, and a portrait of early-twentieth-century America like you’ve never seen. And at its heart is the gripping story of a woman desperate to bury her past—or redeem it.
Quotes from Lone Women
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who live with shame, and those who die from it.
This woman. Will we see her recorded as a brave soldier in their war? Or will she risk being forgotten? We can do our part. We can remember her. History is simple, but the past is complicated. I, for one, embrace the complications.
The reward for sacrifice is simply more sacrifices.
A home is never finished, it’s only saved from decay.
About Victor LaValle
Victor LaValle is a teacher at Columbia University and an author whose works include The Changeling, The Ballad of Black Tom, The Devil in Silver, and Lone Women. He currently lives in the Bronx Visit the author’s website →
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