Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. It is a searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in American fiction. Here, monsters aren’t just individuals, but entire nations. Rivers Solomon’s Sorrowland is a genre-bending work of Gothic fiction. Finding the truth will mean uncovering the secrets of the compound she fled but also the violent history in America that produced it. To understand her metamorphosis and to protect her small family, Vern has to face the past, and more troublingly, the future-outside the woods. Forced to fight back against the community that refuses to let her go, she unleashes incredible brutality far beyond what a person should be capable of, her body wracked by inexplicable and uncanny changes.

But even in the forest, Vern is a hunted woman. There, she gives birth to twins, and plans to raise them far from the influence of the outside world.

Vern-seven months pregnant and desperate to escape the strict religious compound where she was raised-flees for the shelter of the woods. Sorrowland is a triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction. Spots are limited.Įvent will also be available to stream on Facebook Live. Both authors will read from and discuss their work. Litquake and Green Apple Books are honored to host this launch event for River Solomon's Sorrowland (MCD) and Charlie Jane Anders' Victories Greater Than Death (Tor/Forge). Join us on Saturday, May 22 at 12pm PT when Rivers Solomon and Charlie Jane Anders discuss their latest books, Sorrowland and Victories Greater Than Death!īringing writers from around the world to your computer screen In partnership with Litquake and 48 Hills

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