Slow Funeral

by Rebecca Ore

Book Overview

Running away from Bracken County and its corrupt magical practices after her parents are killed, Maude Fuller attempts to deny her witch destiny, until her beloved grandmother's impending death summons Maude back home. Reprint. LJ.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812516044
• ISBN13: 9780812516043
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Not escapist fantasy

Urban fantasy is hot now - this novel is a good example of dark RURAL fantasy. Ore perfectly renders the suffocating atmosphere of a backwards southern county. She uses the fantasy elements in the story, the inbred magical families indebted to their "entities", to illustrate the way a few old families run things in little towns all over the south. If you love fantasy, you'll be fascinated by the way Ore turns the genre sideways. But if you are like me, an escapee from a little southern town, this book will echo in your thoughts for a long while.