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The monsters of templeton lauren groff first chapter. The monsters of templeton is a bold and beautiful hybrid of a book. The day i returned to templeton steeped in disgrace, the fiftyfoot corpse of a monster surfaced in lake glimmerglass. San francisco chronicle part mystery and part history. Over the course of 50 years, bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable. It is impossible to resist this novels wit, grace, and charm. When willie upton returns in disgrace to her town of birth, a sea monster is found dead in the local lake. So begins the monsters of templeton, a novel spanning two centuries. Willie shows up at her mothers doorstep defeated after. Lauren groff presents nine stories of astonishing insight and variety, each revealing a resonant.
New york times bestseller the debut novel by the acclaimed author of fates and furies. The monsters of templeton is an enthralling novel with just a hint of the supernatural. Usa today the monsters of templeton, a fascinating first novel by lauren. Stated first edition with full number line indicating first printing. These two seemingly unrelated events provide the framework of the novel a story of family history, friendship and small town scandals that will leave. In the pioneers, james fenimore cooper rechristened his and groffs hometown as templeton. Vivienne and willies family history is a big part of templeton. The monsters of templeton alachua county library district. The monsters of templeton is the story of wilhelmina willie upton not cooper as it says in the synopsis who returns to her home town of templeton, where her mother, vivienne lives. In monsters of templeton, lauren groff invents a charming yet quirky upstate new york town, templeton, hometown to protagonist wilhelmina cooper. Lauren groffs wonderfully accomplished debut novel, the monsters of templeton, begins with a young woman, wilhemina willie upton, returning to her hometown of templeton, new york, in disgrace.
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