Synopses & Reviews
Maren Yearly is a young woman who wants the same things we all do. She wants to be someone people admire and respect. She wants to be loved. But her secret, shameful needs have forced her into exile. She hates herself for the
bad thing she does, for what its done to her family and her sense of identity; for how it dictates her place in the world and how people see her--how they judge her. She didnt choose to be this way.
Because Maren Yearly doesnt just break hearts, she devours them. Ever since her mother found Penny Wilsons eardrum in her mouth when Maren was just two years old, she knew life would never be normal for either of them. Love may come in many shapes and sizes, but for Maren, it always ends the same—with her hiding the evidence and her mother packing up the car.
But when her mother abandons her the day after her sixteenth birthday, Maren goes looking for the father she has never known, and finds much more than she bargained for along the way.
Faced with a world of fellow eaters, potential enemies, and the prospect of love, Maren realizes she isnt only looking for her father, shes looking for herself.
Camille DeAngelis has written an astonishingly original coming-of-age tale that is at once a gorgeously written horror story as well as a mesmerizing meditation on female power and sexuality.
Review
"A powerful story of a young woman learning to embrace her deepest secrets, and her darkest needs." —Chevy Stevens, bestselling author of
Still Missing, Never Knowing and
Always Watching"DeAngelis has invented a fierce new form of human predator." —Alissa Nutting, author of Tampa and Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls
"A spellbinding book full of horrors wrapped in sweetness and longing and finding ones way in the world, or maybe its the other way around." —Carolyn Turgeon, author of Mermaid
"A dark and delicious tale full of unexpected twists that will keep readers turning the pages." —John Searles, bestselling author of Help for the Haunted and Strange But True
Synopsis
Camille DeAngelis will take you on a haunting journey of self-discovery in her debut novel,
Bones & All.
Maren Yearly doesnt just break hearts, she devours them.
Since she was a baby, Maren has had serious trouble accepting affection. Any time someone gets too close to her, shes overcome by the desire to eat them. Abandoned by her mother the day after her sixteenth birthday, Maren goes looking for the father she has never known, but finds much more than she bargained for along the way.
Faced with a world of fellow eaters, potential enemies, and the prospect of love, Maren realizes she isnt only looking for her father, she is looking for herself. The real question is, will she like who she finds?
About the Author
Camille DeAngelis is the author of the novels Mary Modern and Petty Magic and a first-edition guidebook, Moon Ireland. A graduate of NYU and the National University of Ireland, Galway, Camille currently lives in Boston. She is a vegan.