The Crane Husband

Kelly Barnhill

eBook - 2023

Nebula Award nominee for Best NovellaWorld Fantasy Award nominee for Best Novella"If I had to nominate a worthy successor to Angela Carter, I would nominate Kelly Barnhill. "—Laura Ruby, two-time National Book Award finalist and author of Bone Gap"A slim little novella that packs a narrative punch more intense than that of many books ten times its length."—NPRAward-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerful story of love, sacrifice, and family."Mothers fly away like migrating birds. This is why farmers have daughters."A fifteen-year-old teenager is the backbone of her small Midwestern family, budgeting the household finances and raising her younger brothe...r while her mom, a talented artist, weaves beautiful tapestries. For six years, it's been just the three of them—her mom has brought home guests at times, but none... more