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Bezig met laden... The Rust Maidensdoor Gwendolyn Kiste
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. What an odd book. A strange, confusing, overly verbose, rambling, incredible book. ( ) I loved this. The corruption of the company town, its built-in misogyny and the factions that uphold it, the inherent violence of sweeping all society's ills under the empty façade of 'normal', all of it culminating in the horrifying transformation of the Rust Maidens. The teenage daughters of the neighbourhood must bear the intangible corruption of their community made physical within their own bodies. As someone who came of age in 1979/1980 when the industrial (and mining and agricultural) belt of the United States was bleeding out and dying at the hands of the big gods, this book hit me hard. I had a good cry at the end. The Rust Maidens were all of us who just couldn't leave. They were also those of us who got into our POS cars and drove away. Creepy, sad, and strange. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Something's happening to the girls on Denton Street. It's the summer of 1980 in Cleveland and Phoebe Shaw and her best friend Jacqueline have just graduated high school, only to confront an ugly, uncertain future. The girls they've grown up with are changing. One by one, the girls' bodies wither away, their bones exposed like corroded metal beneath their flesh. As rumors spread about the grotesque transformations, soon everyone from nosy tourists to clinic doctors and government men start arriving on Denton Street, eager to catch sight of "the Rust Maidens" in metamorphosis. But even with all the onlookers, nobody can explain what's happening or why--except perhaps the Rust Maidens themselves. Whispering in secret, they know more than they're telling, and Phoebe realizes her former friends are quietly preparing for something that will tear their neighborhood apart. Alternating between past and present, Phoebe struggles to unravel the mystery of the Rust Maidens--and her own unwitting role in the transformations--before she loses everything she's held dear: her home, her best friend, and even perhaps her own body."--Back cover. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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