The Cherry Robbers
The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker is a reprint edition published by HarperCollins Publishers on May 16, 2023. This novel presents a feminist gothic narrative centered on Iris Chapel and her five sisters, heiresses to a firearms fortune, who live in a lavish Victorian mansion. As they navigate their cloistered existence, marked by neglect from their parents and haunted by the ghosts of those affected by their family’s legacy, the sisters grapple with the constraints of 1950s Connecticut society, where marriage appears to be their only escape.
Readers will find a story that intertwines elements of gothic fiction, romance, and themes of female empowerment. The narrative unfolds as tragedy strikes the family, leading to a series of events that challenge the sisters’ understanding of love and freedom. Iris emerges as the lone survivor, confronting the possibility of a family curse that threatens her future. This edition, comprising 432 pages, delves into the complexities of familial bonds and the societal expectations placed on women, making it a thought-provoking exploration of legacy and autonomy.
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“Sarai Walker has done it again. With The Cherry Robbers she upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal.” –Maria Semple
The highly anticipated second novel from Sarai Walker, following her “slyly subversive” (EW) cult-hit Dietland–a feminist gothic about the lone survivor of a cursed family of sisters, whose time may finally be up.
IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
INSTEAD IT WAS THE LAST.
Iris Chapel and her five elegant sisters, all of them heiresses to the Chapel firearms fortune, live cloistered in a lavish Victorian mansion. Neglected by both a distant, workaholic father and a mentally troubled mother–who believes their home is haunted by the victims of Chapel weapons–the sisters have grown up with only each other for company. They long to escape the eerie fairy tale of their childhood and move forward into the modern world, but for young women in 1950s Connecticut, the only way out is through marriage.
Yet it soon becomes clear that for the Chapel sisters, marriage equals death.
When the eldest sister walks down the aisle, tragedy strikes. The bride dies mysteriously the very next day, leaving her family and the town in shock. But this is just the beginning of a chain of disasters that will make each woman wonder whether true love will kill her, too. Only Iris, the second-youngest, finds a way to escape–but can she outrun the family curse forever?
Sarai Walker, the acclaimed author of the cult-hit novel Dietland, building off the Gothic tradition of Shirley Jackson, brings to life this riveting, deliciously twisted feminist tale, a gorgeous and provocative page-turner about the legacy of male power and the cost of female freedom.
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