swamplandia!back in december of 2007 i read an awesome little book of short stories titled st. lucy’s home for girls 
raised by wolves.
about a week ago when our random house reps were here for a sales call they met with all of us lemurians to share their big upcoming titles. one that i had my eye on was karen russell’s new novel, swamplandia!
i started reading swamplandia! a few days ago and am quite impressed. the story is based around a alligator wrestling family with its own island park in florida. the main character, ava is the youngest of three children. when the main attraction of the park, ava’s alligator wrestling mother, dies suddenly the park takes a turn for the worse. with no tourists to keep the park open the father takes long trips to the main land, the older sister becomes a spiritist and starts communicating with ghosts and the brother runs away to try to make money to keep the park out of debt.
and that’s all i’m going to tell you. you’re going to have to wait until february (when the book comes out) to find out what happens.
5 responses so far ↓
1 susie // Sep 2, 2010 at 6:17 pm
i can’t wait to read this. so, so jealous of you.
2 Ellis // Sep 2, 2010 at 10:20 pm
You and your love for circus weirdos. Then again, if I love you, I must have a fondness for them too! Did I just rhyme?
For real, though, this book sounds awesome.
3 Ellen // Sep 3, 2010 at 10:54 am
I want now!!!!!!!
4 Submerged in Karen Russell’s Swamp(landia!) // Dec 8, 2010 at 10:41 am
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5 lydia // Jan 31, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I read it. don’t see what the fuss is about. Very stylish but under it nothing. Too bad. I had real hopes.
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