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Blandine isn't like the other residents of her building.

An online obituary writer. A young mother with a dark secret. A woman waging a solo campaign against rodents—neighbours, separated only by the thin walls of a low-cost housing complex in the once bustling industrial centre of Vacca Vale, Indiana.

Welcome to the Rabbit Hutch.

Ethereally beautiful and formidably intelligent, Blandine shares her flat with three teenage boys she neither likes nor understands, all, like her, now aged out of the state foster care system that has repeatedly failed them, all searching for meaning in their lives.

Set over one sweltering week in July and culminating in a bizarre act of violence that finally changes everything, The Rabbit Hutch is a savagely beautiful and bitingly funny snapshot of contemporary America, a gorgeous and provocative tale of loneliness and longing, entrapment and, ultimately, freedom.

©2022 Tess Gunty (P)2022 Random House Audio Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Urban

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"Inventive, heartbreaking and acutely funny." (Guardian)

"Gunty writes with a keen, sensitive eye about all manner of intimacies—the kind we build with other people, and the kind we cultivate around ourselves and our tenuous, private aspirations." (Raven Leilani, author of Luster)
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I loved this book, I loved the author/ narrators beautiful tone and use of words. All the moments of recognising exactly what she wrote that I had thought.. amazing!

A triumph to the very last word

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I went in knowing nothing about the book and I'm glad I did. It is beautifully written and takes you on such a journey.

Incredible

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A commentary on the underclass of America's Rust Belt, and society in general. This book is wise, funny, heartbreaking
and totally original. Just loved it.

Brilliant and wise

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Very definitely would be found in the cult fiction department. I can see this being made into a film.

Strange but compelling.

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An intelligent debut novel, of complexity and depth, with colourful and clever characters, and an understanding not only of modern life but an ability to be able to communicate characters intent, and understanding well. A twisting and convoluted menagerie of characters and their story arcs, collide, interact and change. Largely unidentifiable in terms of genre, this is a good and intriguing concept and worth investigating

Promising and intriguing

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