The Kept: a novel
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In the winter of 1897, Elspeth Howell treks across miles of snow and ice to the isolated farmstead in upstate New York where she and her husband have raised their five children. Her midwife's salary is tucked into the toes of her boots, and her pack is full of gifts for her family. But as she crests the final hill, and sees her darkened house and a smokeless chimney, immediately she knows that an unthinkable crime has destroyed the life she so carefully built. Her lone comfort is her twelve-year-old son, Caleb, who joins her in mourning the tragedy and planning its reprisal. Their long journey leads them to a rough-hewn lake town, defined by the violence both of its landscape and of its inhabitants. There Caleb is forced into a brutal adulthood, as he slowly discovers truths about his family he never suspected, and Elspeth must confront the terrible urges and unceasing temptations that have haunted her for years. Throughout it all, the love between mother and son serves as the only shield against a merciless world. A scorching portrait of guilt and lost innocence, atonement and retribution, resilience and sacrifice, pregnant obsession and primal adolescence, The Kept is told with deep compassion and startling originality, and introduces James Scott as a major new literary voice.
Notes
Scott, J., & Udall, K. (2014). The Kept: a novel. Unabridged. [United States], HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Scott, James and Kate, Udall. 2014. The Kept: A Novel. [United States], HarperAudio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Scott, James and Kate, Udall, The Kept: A Novel. [United States], HarperAudio, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Scott, James, and Kate Udall. The Kept: A Novel. Unabridged. [United States], HarperAudio, 2014.
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