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Henry Holt & Company<\/p>\n
\n\t \t\t\tA novel about five sisters in a small village in eighteenth-century England whose neighbors are convinced they\u2019re turning into dogs.\t \t\t<\/p>\n
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Eerie … I thought it was really interesting that we never get the girls\u2019 perspectives \u2014 if not a little obvious as to the messaging of the book, which is that their perspectives are consistently ignored … Sometimes, Purvis is a little too on the nose … If you\u2019re looking for a novel that addresses the unfairness of being a girl and how being a wild animal is almost preferable, with interesting perspectives from the villagers, a little spooky atmosphere and an ambiguous ending, this is the book for you.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\tRead Full Review >><\/a><\/p>\n Purvis, whose prose style is clipped and flinty, keeps a shrewd distance from the sisters, refusing to conclusively dispel the claims of their metamorphoses … Irony that Ms. Purvis hammers home perhaps too forcefully. But she is excellent at evoking the fear of the unknown and the lure of the mob.<\/p>\n Purvis…does an excellent job of sketching swampy settings and folk-gothic atmospheres … Worth reading … The perfect holiday book.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\tRead Full Review >><\/a><\/p>\n