All the Bad Apples
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Girls & Women
4.2
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Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Unflinching and gorgeously written, this feminist novel is important, timely, and a compulsive read. From the highly acclaimed author of the beloved The Accident Season comes an epic breakout novel examining the very topical and controversial issue of women's sexual and reproductive rights, which has never been higher on the public's radar. When Deena's wild older sister Mandy goes missing, presumed dead, Deena refuses to believe it's true. Especially when letters start arriving--letters from Mandy--which proclaim that their family's blighted history is not just bad luck or bad decisions but a curse, handed down to women from generation to generation. Mandy's gone to find the root of the curse before it's too late for Deena. But is the curse even real? And is Mandy still alive? Deena's desperate, cross-country search for her beloved sister--guided only by the notes that mysteriously appear at each destination, leading her to former Magdalene laundry sites and more--is a love letter to women and a heartbreaking cathartic journey.
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Author
Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2019-08-27
ISBN
0525552758 9780525552758
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""I knew now the power of old ghosts."<br/><br/>All the Bad Apples was the first book I've read by Moira Fowley-Doyle, and it was so good! This was an intense and fascinating read, and I enjoyed getting to know the family in the story. This book has a little bit of everything - it's horror-adjacent, it's a mystery, it's fabulism, it's part historical fiction, and it's a good story of a family of powerful women.<br/><br/>I'm not going to go into a lot of details so that you can read it for yourself, but All the Bad Apples is heartbreaking, and it's very easy to get invested in the family, and everything that's going on with them.<br/><br/>I felt that the ending was a little cheesy, but I enjoyed everything else. I would absolutely love to see this as a movie, and I will be reading more from this author. <br/><br/>CW - homophobia, bullying, animal cruelty, termination of pregnancy, death of infants / children, rape / non-consensual incest (off-page), abuse, suicide"
"Love this author. Love tje audio versions."
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