Curdle Creek

<p><b>*Winner of the 2024 SHIRLEY JACKSON NOVEL AWARD*</b><br><br><b>'A gorgeously written, surrealist folktale that goes bone deep . . . <i>Curdle Creek</i> is simply a marvel</b><b>'</b> Paul Tremblay<br><b>'A thoughtful, sinister tour-de-force</b><b>' </b>Tananarive Due<br><br><i>Welcome to Curdle Creek. We're dying to make you feel at home.</i><br><br>Osira, a forty-five-year-old widow, is an obedient follower of the strict conventions of Curdle Creek, an all-Black town in rural America governed by a tradition of ominous rituals designed to keep the residents safe.<br><br>Curdle Creek has one particularly strict policy: one in, one out.<br><br>And one day, it is Osira's turn.<br><br>Forced into the great unknown. The sinister reality of her birthplace unravels around her. As she comes face-to-face with those she believed were lost, Osira must reckon with all she has ever been told and confront the insidious cruelties of inheritance.<br><br><b>'Readers who think they know where this is going will be surprised, as Osira's story has many weirder twists and turns ahead.' </b><i>Guardian</i><br><b>'Funny and terrifying.' </b><i>People</i><br><b>'A wonderful novel about the worst monsters of all: people.' </b><i>The New York Times Book Review</i></p>