Burton Tara Isabella - Here In Avalon - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: An enchanting (Caroline Kepnes author of You) fairy - tale - inflected thriller (The New Yorker) about two sisters who encounter a captivating yet possibly dangerous underworld cult that challenges their perception of reality. Rose has come a long way. Raised and often neglected by a wayward mother in New York City's chaotic bohemia she has finally built the life she's always wanted: a good job at a self - help startup a clean apartment an engagement to a stable if self - satisfied tech CEO who shares her faith in human potential hard work and the sacrifice of childish dreams. Rose's sister Cecilia on the other hand never grew up. Irresponsible and impetuous prone to jetting off to a European monastery one month and a falcon rescue the next Cecilia has spent her life in pursuit of fairy - tale narratives of transcendence and true love grand ideas Rose knows never work out in the real world. When Cecilia declares she's come home to New York for good following the ending of a whirlwind marriage Rose hopes Cecilia might find a way to be ready to face adulthood: compromises and all. But then Cecilia gets involved with the Avalon: a cabaret troupe one that appears only at night on a boat that travels New York's waterways and soon vanishes. The only way Rose can find Cecilia is by tracking down Avalon herself. But as Rose gets closer to solving the mystery of what happened to her sister the Avalon works its magic on her too. And the deeper she goes into the Avalon's underworld the more she begins to question everything she knows about her own life and whether she's willing to leave the real world behind.
Title: Here In Avalon
Author(s): Burton Tara Isabella
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982170097
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/2/2024
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction