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The Clay Girl
- Narrated by: Morgan Hallett
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
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The Clay Girl
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Publisher's Summary
Vincent Appleton smiles at his daughters, raises a gun, and blows off his head. For the Appleton sisters, life had unraveled many times before. This time it explodes.
Eight-year-old Hariet, known to all as Ari, is dispatched to Cape Breton and her Aunt Mary, who is purported to eat little girls. With Ari on the journey is her steadfast companion, Jasper, an imaginary seahorse. But when they arrive in Pleasant Cove, they instead find refuge with Mary and her partner Nia.
As the tumultuous '60s ramp up in Toronto, Ari is torn from her aunts and forced back to her twisted mother and fractured sisters. Her new stepfather Len and his family offer hope, but as Ari grows to adore them, she's severed violently from them too, when her mother moves in with the brutal Dick Irwin.
Through the sexual revolution and drug culture of the 1960s, Ari struggles with her father's legacy and her mother's addictions - testing limits with substances that numb and men who show her kindness. She spins through a chaotic decade of loss and love, the devilish and divine, with wit, tenacity, and the astonishing balance unique to seahorses.
The Clay Girl is a beautiful tour de force that traces the story of a child, sculpted by kindness, cruelty, and the extraordinary power of imagination, and her families - the one she's born in to, and the one she creates.
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- LJ Ducharme
- 2021-12-11
Earthy and Poetuc
A hard story told brilliantly. I will be pursuing this author, or at least book 2. I have to know how the bad guys get their karma.
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- Julia
- 2019-08-02
I want more! Such an amazing story!
I loved this book! The character development was incredible.
I hope to see a continuation of her story soon....and a movie
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- V
- 2019-07-26
Remarkable!
Poetic, original, gripping. A wonderful write about a girl with a huge imagination and an equally complex life.
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- Brittany M
- 2019-05-07
unexpected beauty
narrator was awesome, story line was unique and characters were relatable. definitely would reccomend as a young to mature womans reading groups.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-01-08
Wonderful writing and narration
Beautiful writing and storytelling. And the narrator had only a couple of funny pronunciations – overall, an impeccable experience.
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- redpianomary
- 2021-11-20
Wonderful!
Great story, spectacular writing, beautiful imagery, a truly positive experience. I'm so happy that I chose to spend my time with the wonderful heroine in this very compelling novel. Well done author and narrator!
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- Rjpinto
- 2019-10-18
Excellent listening
For my first book this was an excellent book. Highly recommended, excellent story line and narrative
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- Melissa
- 2019-07-06
"I feel it, I see it...'
'And on some level I understand it completely."
In The Clay Girl, Heather Tucker gives us a brutally honest tale of Ari, a girl whose fantasy world needs to save her from her actual one, and I was blown away. I was hesitant when first starting the book because we start following the protagonist at such a young age, and the last thing I wanted was another Room situation (little kids in books, great, little kids as narrators, not so much). But I was quickly drawn in by Tucker's imagination and innovative prose.
If I were to explain this book I would say this: it's Anne of Green Gables (the personality) meets the Glass Castle (story) in 1970's Canada.
The book follows Ari in her struggles and triumphs through her childhood and teenage years. The book is tough but hopeful and full of heart. And Morgan Hallet does a great job of bringing the characters to life. All I can say now is I'm excited that a sequel is in the works.
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- Charlotte Williams
- 2021-12-09
Loved it!
This was a wonderful story of tragedy told with humor! You couldn't help loving Airie and the frankness of the explanations of events was refreshing!
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- Gloria E Thompson
- 2020-12-15
absolutely loved this book
this was a great book. Strong characters great story . Looking forward to the sequel
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