The Girls in the Stilt House: A Novel

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars | 13,955 ratings

Price: 9.48

Last update: 09-06-2024


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"Remarkable debut.... [a] nearly flawless tale of loss, perseverance and redemption."—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

Set in 1920s Mississippi, this debut Southern novel weaves a beautiful and harrowing story of two teenage girls cast in an unlikely partnership through murder—perfect for readers of Where the Crawdads Sing and If the Creek Don't Rise.

Ada promised herself she would never go back to the Trace, to her hard life on the swamp and her harsh father. But now, after running away to Baton Rouge and briefly knowing a different kind of life, she finds herself with nowhere to go but back home. And she knows there will be a price to pay with her father.

Matilda, daughter of a sharecropper, is from the other side of the Trace. Doing what she can to protect her family from the whims and demands of some particularly callous locals is an ongoing struggle. She forms a plan to go north, to pack up the secrets she's holding about her life in the South and hang them on the line for all to see in Ohio.

As the two girls are drawn deeper into a dangerous world of bootleggers and moral corruption, they must come to terms with the complexities of their tenuous bond and a hidden past that links them in ways that could cost them their lives.


Top reviews from the United States

Char
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2024
I enjoyed reading this book. Kept me interested and good to read on a rainy day.
Tory
4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2024
Enjoyed the book. The ending needed a little more work. The events and character building madlke this a must read.
CMR
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Read
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2024
Engaging characters. Love the book. The prose paint a vivid picture of life in the South in the 1920’s. Excellent!
pattyw
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2024
This book is a rare kind that keeps you intrigued . Good character presentation and well written
Jan from Wales
4.0 out of 5 stars A trip into our nasty past.
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2024
This is a story about a poor white girl, and a poorer black girl in 1920’s. Brought together by tragedy and need, both women showed resource and strength in challenging circumstances. Interesting and upsetting at the same time.

Reading the book brought tears to my eyes. How on earth people could live as they did, and suffer as they did made me ashamed.
mim
5.0 out of 5 stars Book club read
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2024
I probly wouldn't have picked it but it was good.
Amazon Customer
3.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2024
Was a good read, however the end left me feeling that there should have been more to the story.
CHBB
5.0 out of 5 stars Crawdads sing
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2024
Great liked as much as "Where the Crawdads sing".

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