Summary
Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries. Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairy tales and cautionary stories. But real life doesn’t always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.
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ISBN-13: 9781250810205
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
Publication date: 06/27/2023
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 3,042
Product dimensions: 5.30(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)
About the Author
Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters, is an autistic author of fantasy fiction. Originally born in the States and raised in Hong Kong, she now lives in Yorkshire with her children. When not reading, running, falling over in yoga, or rolling d20s, she sometimes escapes the city to wildswim in lonely dales.
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Conclusion
Devon is still haunted by her past, but she is determined to create a better future for herself and Cai. She knows that they will never be truly safe, but she is hopeful that they can find a way to live in peace.
