02321cam a2200349 i 4500 2600601215 TxAuBib 20251205120000.0 250515s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781961884571 $28.00 1961884577 $28.00 (OCoLC)1519845309 TxAuBib rda Green, Laura Venita. Sister creatures [BOOK] : a novel / Laura Venita Green. First edition. Los Angeles, California : Unnamed Press, 2025. 232 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Some chapters previously published. "In the muggy, insect-ridden town of Pinecreek, Louisiana, college dropout Tess Lavigne is watching two bickering siblings while their parents are away. Her listless day drinking is interrupted when someone emerges from the woods behind the house. Filthy and feral, the daughter of religious fundamentalists, the girl known in town as Sister Gail convinces Tess to take her in for the night. The strange events of that evening will set the course for Tess’s future, and Sister Gail’s ultimate fate. Meanwhile, other residents of Pinecreek try to cobble together a future from what little they have, their lives intersecting in small and not-so-small ways. Sisters fight to define independence for themselves (and from each other), while two young women on a bicycling trip wonder what their relationship promises, or threatens. Throughout, a deeply unsettling presence connects the characters to the buried secrets of Pinecreek: the ominous Thea, a malevolent shape-shifting entity whose rage and despair stems from a tragic history of misogyny, maternal loss, and stolen ambitions. As time marches forward, so does Tess, creating a new path for herself while accepting what can never be entirely left behind.". 20251205. Sisters Fiction. Feral children Fiction. Fundamentalists Fiction. Life change events Fiction. Louisiana Fiction. Paranormal fiction. Horror fiction.