the monsters of templeton by lauren groff

Through letters, editorials, and journal entries, the dead rise up to tell their sides of the story as dark mysteries come to light, past and present blur, old stories are finally put to rest, and the shocking truth about more than one monster is revealed. Lauren Groff is the author of The Monsters of Templeton, shortlisted for the Orange Prize for New Writers Arcadia, a New York Times Notable Book, winner of the Medici Book Club Prize, and. Someone from this very town.Īs Willie puts her archaeological skills to work digging for the truth about her lineage, she discovers that the secrets of her family run deep. Even further, Willie learns that the story her mother had always told her about her father has all been a lie: he wasn't the random man from a free-love commune that Vi had led her to imagine, but someone else entirely. Lauren Groff The Monsters of Templeton Hardcover Bargain Price, Februby Lauren Groff (Author) 528 ratings Editors pick Best Literature & Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle 9.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover from 33.84 1 Used from 33. Lauren Groff is gifted with an elegant prose style and a narrative ambition as deep and as serious as the human mysteries she sets out to explore.

Willie expects to be able to hide in the place that has been home to her family for generations, but the monster's death changes the fabric of the quiet, picture-perfect town her ancestors founded. The Monsters of Templeton is a bold and beautiful hybrid of a book. Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. In the wake of a wildly disastrous affair with her married archeology professor, Willie Upton arrives on the doorstep of her ancestral home in Templeton, New York, where her hippie-turned-born-again-Baptist mom, Vi, still lives. Monsters of Templeton By: Lauren Groff Narrated by: Nicole Roberts Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins 3.8 (369 ratings) Try for 0.00 Prime member exclusive: pick 2 free titles with trial. So begins The Monsters of Templeton, a novel spanning two centuries: part a contemporary story of a girl's search for her father, part historical novel, and part ghost story, this spellbinding novel is at its core a tale of how one town holds the secrets of a family.

'The day I returned to Templeton steeped in disgrace, the fifty-foot corpse of a monster surfaced in Lake Glimmerglass.'

The monsters of templeton by lauren groff