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LUTE
Debut adult novel from Jennifer Thorne, deliciously eerie and atmospheric in the vein of Kate Morton or Ian McEwan, a propulsive philosophical thriller and an unexpected, wild sort of love story - romantic love, mother love, and a deep, unconditional love of home, the ultimate sense of place and belonging.
On the idyllic island of Lute, every seventh summer, seven people die. No more, no less.
Lute and its inhabitants are blessed, year after year, with good weather, good health, and good fortune. They live a happy, superior life, untouched by the war that rages all around them. So it's only fair that every seven years, on the day of the tithe, the island's gift is honored.
Nina Treadway is new to The Day. A Florida girl by birth, she became a Lady through her marriage to Lord Treadway, whose family has long protected the island. Nina's heard about The Day, of course. Heard about the horrific tragedies, the lives lost, but she doesn't believe in it. It's all superstitious nonsense. Stories told to keep newcomers at bay and youngsters in line.
Then The Day begins. And it's a day of nightmares, of grief, of reckoning. But it is also a day of community. Of survival and strength. Of love, at its most pure and untamed. When The Day ends, Nina - and Lute - will never be the same.
LUTE is evocative and chilling and always surprising. It is somehow both deeply unsettling and wholly inspiring, a compelling look at the question of how we value those around uswho to sacrifice, who to save. As Jennifer posed to herself in writing this: "Is it ethically right to value the lives of our loved ones more than the lives of other members of our society?" That is the decision that Nina - a fiercely loving mother and wife, but also a conscientious neighbor - must make. Or she allows Lute to determine their fate.
Jennifer Thorne is an author of books for adults and young readers. Her adult debut, Lute, will be published by Nightfire in Fall 2022. As Jenn Marie Thorne, she is the author of the YA novels The Wrong Side of Right, The Inside of Out, and Night Music. She is also the author of the picture book Construction Zoo. With Lee Kelly, she is the author of All Will Be Revealed, forthcoming from Harper Muse. She currently lives in Gloucestershire, England with her husband and two sons.
Lute and its inhabitants are blessed, year after year, with good weather, good health, and good fortune. They live a happy, superior life, untouched by the war that rages all around them. So it's only fair that every seven years, on the day of the tithe, the island's gift is honored.
Nina Treadway is new to The Day. A Florida girl by birth, she became a Lady through her marriage to Lord Treadway, whose family has long protected the island. Nina's heard about The Day, of course. Heard about the horrific tragedies, the lives lost, but she doesn't believe in it. It's all superstitious nonsense. Stories told to keep newcomers at bay and youngsters in line.
Then The Day begins. And it's a day of nightmares, of grief, of reckoning. But it is also a day of community. Of survival and strength. Of love, at its most pure and untamed. When The Day ends, Nina - and Lute - will never be the same.
LUTE is evocative and chilling and always surprising. It is somehow both deeply unsettling and wholly inspiring, a compelling look at the question of how we value those around uswho to sacrifice, who to save. As Jennifer posed to herself in writing this: "Is it ethically right to value the lives of our loved ones more than the lives of other members of our society?" That is the decision that Nina - a fiercely loving mother and wife, but also a conscientious neighbor - must make. Or she allows Lute to determine their fate.
Jennifer Thorne is an author of books for adults and young readers. Her adult debut, Lute, will be published by Nightfire in Fall 2022. As Jenn Marie Thorne, she is the author of the YA novels The Wrong Side of Right, The Inside of Out, and Night Music. She is also the author of the picture book Construction Zoo. With Lee Kelly, she is the author of All Will Be Revealed, forthcoming from Harper Muse. She currently lives in Gloucestershire, England with her husband and two sons.
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Published 2022-10-04 by Macmillan / Nightfire |
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Published 2022-10-04 by Macmillan / Nightfire |