Defenestrate
Branum, Renee2023
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One thing that the city of Prague is famous for is its recurring incidents of throwing men out of windows. The word for this is defenestration. In 1895, Marta's great-great-grandfather Jiri was said to have given a gentle push to the back of a stonemason for having wronged him. The stonemason fell to his death and the family fled the Czech capital for the American Midwest, where they set up a new life. So begins the story of Marta and her brother Nick, deeply interwoven twins haunted by the mysterious curse that has plagued their family for centuries, one that has doomed them to suffer various types of falls. And when Nick falls out of a window and ends up seriously injured, Marta embarks on a heart-breaking quest to find out whether or not his fall was intentional, and to stop her family from falling apart.
Main title:
Defenestrate / Renee Branum.
Author:
Branum, Renee, author
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2023.
Collation:
224 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781529114485 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3602.R3683
Local class:
FT Pbk
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3237536