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Title:The Gloaming
Author:Melanie Finn
Book Format:Paperback
Book Edition:Special Edition
Pages:Pages: 308 pages
Published:September 20th 2016 by Two Dollar Radio (first published March 12th 2014)
Categories:Fiction. Cultural. Africa. Novels. Contemporary. Literary Fiction
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Pilgrim's husband left her for another woman, stranding her in a Swiss town where she is involved in an accident that leaves three children dead. Cleared of responsibility though overcome with guilt, she absconds to Africa, befriending a series of locals each with their own tragic past.

Mysteriously, the remains of an albino appear, spooking everyone—sign of a curse placed by a witch doctor—though its intended recipient is uncertain. Pilgrim volunteers to rid the town of the box and its contents, though wherever she goes, she can't shake the feeling that she's being followed.


Melanie Finn was born and raised in Kenya until age eleven, when she moved with her family to Connecticut. She is the author of the novel Away From You and wrote DisneyNature's beautiful, haunting flamingo epic The Crimson Wing, which was directed by her husband, filmmaker Matt Aeberhard. During the filming, Melanie established The Natron Healthcare Project, and now lives in Vermont with Matt and their twin daughters.

"Deeply satisfying. Finn is a remarkably confident and supple storyteller. [The Gloaming] deserves major attention."
—John Williams, New York Times

"In this richly textured, intricately plotted novel, [Finn] assures us that heartbreak has the same shape everywhere. The Gloaming is chillingly cinematic in contrasting East Africa’s exquisite landscape with the region’s human needs. Yet even in a malevolent setting, Finn shows us acts of selflessness and redemption. Her fascination with the duality of Africa — “the most honest place on earth” — shines fiercely."
—Lisa Zeidner, New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice

"A propulsive literary thriller. Finn, who writes with a psychological acuity that rivals Patricia Highsmith's, switches between Europe and Africa in tense alternating chapters, rewarding close attention. The book is terrific... subtle and thrilling. Remarkably well-paced and well-written... Don't expect to be able to set this book down or forget its haunted characters."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred

"Intense, impressive."
—The Guardian

"I rarely get as invested in the outcome of a novel as I did reading The Gloaming, but the empathies that Finn evokes in this powerful and unpredictable book are not casual; these traumas could be our own. [Finn's] prose is hypnotic and knife-precise and at times so beautiful it's unnerving. I didn't read this book so much as I experienced it and it will haunt me for a very, very long time."
—Jill Alexander Essbaum, New York Times–bestselling author of Hausfrau

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ISBN: 1937512479 (ISBN13: 9781937512477)
Edition Language: English

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A dark, intense novel of mystery about a woman, Pilgrim, who is fleeing the disaster that was her marriage, and, overcome with guilt after a horrible accident, runs off to Africa to lick her wounds. But when a body turns up and is suspected of being a curse created by witchcraft, she and the towns citizens are set on edge trying to figure out the curses intended recipient. Not helping with matters is Pilgrims sinking feeling that shes being followed. Did I mention it was dark? Its also terrific.

This is a remarkable book that surprised and enthralled me from start to finish.A new author to me; a book read on summary and outline but which surpassed my expectations.It is one of the bonuses of NetGalley and publishers who promote their books for a honest apprasal and review. The other real advantage of this read and review process as it allows me to access genres and subects I might pass over in the rush to read the next crime thriller.I am also a sucker for a manipulated timeframe and a

Give me a book set in Africa and I am one happy reader! Having spent time in both Kenya and South Africa I feel a deep affinity for those countries and the people who live there. Shame captures the lightness and charm of these people perfectly. The thought process they use and the way they speak is utterly delightful. Africans love their parables and Shame weaves that sense of moral right and wrong (and the many spades of gray in between) into a beautiful tapestry of story.Shame is a rare little

your review made me laugh ---lol A friend just wrote me -to talk about this book --which we are doing.... love your expression lol

Often very impressive and always compelling, convincing and involving. Very occasional slippages into soapishly-melodramatic dialogue never seriously detract from the overall success of the novel.

5 "terrifying, savage, dismal" stars !! The Silver Award Winner of 2018 (second favorite read) Throughout the reading of this novel I trembled in fear, dread and hopelessness. A woman named Pilgrim Jones is abandoned by her husband in Switzerland and travels to Tanzania. We move back and forth through time and we find out slowly, ominously and terrifyingly her narrative of trauma, grief and immense guilt. A guilt so powerful that she offers herself up for sacrifice. She is lost to herself and

I received a review copy of this title from Two Dollar Radio via Edelweiss.The country of Tanzania has one of the highest rates of albinism in the world, but it is also one of the most dangerous places for albinos to live. They are shunned by their communities because they are viewed as ghosts who dwell on earth and never die. They also live in constant fear of violence because body parts from albinos are sought out to be used in potions made by African witch doctors. When Pilgrim Jones, the