To the Bone

· Penguin
5.0
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256
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This gripping, shocking, and exquisitely crafted survival story reveals the truth of America's colonial history in a powerful new way—visceral and breathtaking.

After the long journey from England, Ellis arrives in America full of hope. James Fort is where a better life will begin for her: where she will work as an indentured servant to Henry Collins and his pregnant wife, gain financial security, and fall deeply in love with bold, glorious Jane Eddowes.

But as summer turns to fall, Ellis begins to notice the cracks in this new life—the viciousness of the colonists toward the Indigenous people and the terrifying anger Henry uses to control his wife and Ellis—leaving her to wonder if she has sentenced herself to a prison rather than a new home.

Then winter arrives and hunger grips the Fort. Ellis is about to learn that people will do whatever it takes to survive.

To the Bone is a riveting story of survival and horror that forcefully overturns the mythos of the American settler. It will stay with you, forever.

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5.0
1 review
Penny Olson
November 26, 2024
To The Bone is an unsparing depiction of the brutality and racist basis of colonialism, the interactions of the colonists with the Native American tribes, the harsh climate, and the circumstances and failures in leadership that lead to the Jamestown Starving Time. It is a dark, horrifying, stark, unsettling, and incredibly well-written work of historical fiction based on real events. Many trigger warnings: colonialism, racism, death, homophobia, physical abuse, abortion, fetus death, starvation,
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About the author

Alena Bruzas grew up in Seattle and currently lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her family. She is the author of the acclaimed novel Ever Since, and she hopes her writing will find the people who need it most. When she's not writing, Alena serves on the board for Ten Thousand Villages, Lincoln. She also occasionally cooks dinner, worries about commas, and wanders the prairie.

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