
Fierce Little Thing
A Novel
Miranda Beverly-Whittemore(Author)
Flatiron Books (Publisher)
Published on 23. August 2021
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-250-77942-7 (ISBN)
Description
"It's time to come Home. All five of you. Or else."
Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter; the midnight call of the loons; the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor - and Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teenagers who lived there, her best and only friends.
Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate. She's not scared of the world; it's her own capacity for ruthlessness that's made her lock herself away. In the shadow of Home's stately pines all those years ago, Abraham weaponised this trait, singling her out to do his bidding. The results haunt her daily.
Then her worst nightmare comes true: she and her estranged friends receive threatening letters. Unless they return to the land in rural Maine, the terrible thing they did as teenagers - their last ditch attempt to save Home - will be revealed.
Returning to Home from vastly different lives to confront their blackmailer, the five must not only face their dark past, but reckon with what they are capable of now that they've been reunited. How far will they go to bury their secret forever?
Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter; the midnight call of the loons; the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor - and Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teenagers who lived there, her best and only friends.
Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate. She's not scared of the world; it's her own capacity for ruthlessness that's made her lock herself away. In the shadow of Home's stately pines all those years ago, Abraham weaponised this trait, singling her out to do his bidding. The results haunt her daily.
Then her worst nightmare comes true: she and her estranged friends receive threatening letters. Unless they return to the land in rural Maine, the terrible thing they did as teenagers - their last ditch attempt to save Home - will be revealed.
Returning to Home from vastly different lives to confront their blackmailer, the five must not only face their dark past, but reckon with what they are capable of now that they've been reunited. How far will they go to bury their secret forever?
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 167 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
656 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-77942-7 (9781250779427)
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09/2025
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MIRANDA BEVERLY-WHITTEMORE is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including Fierce Little Thing, Bittersweet, and June.