Kim Liggett
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In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds, to drive women mad with jealousy. They believe their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac, the potent essence of youth, of a girl on the edge of womanhood. That’s why they’re banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Sixteen-year-old...
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2021.
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"Entre El cuento de la criada y El sęor de las moscas, esta narraci̤n dist̤pica explora h̀bilmente la psique de las adolescentes obligadas a vivir en una teocracia represiva. En el condado de Garner, donde est̀ prohibido hablar del "ąo de gracia", las nįas crecen convencidas de que al alcanzar la adolescencia su piel exhala una potente esencia de juventud que, gracias a sus poderes afrodis̕acos, es capaz de seducir a los hombres y matar...
