Rabbit Cake

Rabbit Cake

People MagazineÂ Book of the Week

An Indies Introduce and Indie Next Pick

Fans of Maria Semple'sÂ Where'd You Go BernadetteÂ and and Kevin Wilson's The Family FangÂ will delight inÂ Annie Hartnett's debut,Â a darkly comic novel about a young girl named Elvis trying to figure out her place in a world without her mother.

Elvis Babbitt has a head for the facts: she knows science proves yellow is the happiest color, she knows a healthy male giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds, and she knows that the naked mole rat is the longest living rodent. She knows she should plan to grieve her mother, who has recently drowned while sleepwalking, for exactly eighteen months. But there are things Elvis doesnâ€™t yet knowâ€”like how to keep her sister Lizzie from poisoning herself while sleep-eating or why her father has started wearing her mother's silk bathrobe around the house. Elvis investigates the strange circumstances of her mother's death and finds comfort, if not answers, in the people (and animals) of Freedom, Alabama. As hilarious a storyteller as she is heartbreakingly honest, Elvis is a truly original voice in this exploration of grief, family, and the endurance of humor after loss.Â
Country USA
Manufacturer Tin House Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-03-07
Format Kindle eBook

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