family
by Micol Ostow
"At my will, I walk your streets and am right out there among you." --Charles Manson |
Told in episodic verse, family is a fictionalized exploration of cult dynamics, loosely based on the Manson Family murders of 1969. It is an unflinching look at people who are born broken, and the lengths they'll go to to make themselves "whole" again.
REVIEWS...
"Terrifyingly good [...] and incredibly terrifying." --Lauren Myracle, author of Shine and the ttyl series
"Henry is fascinating, a pied piper hell-bent on reaching the masses, whether through love or terror." --Booklist (review written by Daniel Kraus, author of Rotters and Scowler)
"A mix of pared-down poems and more developed paragraphs of text, the form matches the content, which is dark, mesmerizing, and hazy." --Publisher's Weekly
"Ellen Hopkins fans will appreciate the use of verse to tell the gruesome story [...] an interesting psychological study of cults and the lost souls they attract." --VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)
WANT MORE?
- Click on the Set In The '60s subject link on the right side of this page to see other blog entries featuring novels set in 1960s America.
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