{"product_id":"rabbit-cake-isbn-9781941040560","title":"Rabbit Cake","description":"Elvis Babbitt has a head for the facts: she knows science proves yellow is the happiest color, she knows a healthy male giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds, and she knows that the naked mole rat is the longest living rodent. She knows she should plan to grieve her mother, who has recently drowned while sleepwalking, for exactly eighteen months. But there are things Elvis doesn’t yet know—like how to keep her sister Lizzie from poisoning herself while sleep-eating or why her father has started wearing her mother's silk bathrobe around the house. Elvis investigates the strange circumstances of her mother's death and finds comfort, if not answers, in the people (and animals) of Freedom, Alabama. As hilarious a storyteller as she is heartbreakingly honest, Elvis is a truly original voice in this exploration of grief, family, and the endurance of humor after loss. \"[A] treasure. Books about grief are rarely funny and adorable—this one is.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A brilliant book . . . How a whip-smart young girl handles the loss of her mother and the reorientation of her family; charming and beautifully written.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In Hartnett’s winning debut, a memorable young narrator’s desire for rationality wrestles with her grief. . . . Affecting.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly,\u003c\/i\u003e Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For your canon-coming-of-age-novel consideration: Meet Elvis Babbitt. A preteen whose mother recently drowned, Elvis is trying to understand the world around her. Funny and heartfelt, \u003ci\u003eRabbit Cake\u003c\/i\u003e manages adult questions with a tween's sense of wonder.\"  —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a truly terrific and original novel about grief, family, and finding hope in the aftermath.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Darkly funny and soulful . . . Hartnett imbues Elvis with that capacity to be both self-aware and childlike that places her in a tradition of independent minded, motherless heroines — from Scout in \u003ci\u003eTo Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e, to the eponymous \u003ci\u003eEllen Foster\u003c\/i\u003e, and Ruth from \u003ci\u003eHousekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . \u003ci\u003eRabbit Cake \u003c\/i\u003eis Elvis’s unpredictable story of healing, and the young woman at its center is immediately lovable because she is delightfully human.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hartnett tells the story with immeasurable heart, wit, and charm. The book’s got perfect pitch from open to close.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Irresistible...[the book is] both gentle exploration of loss (Elvis’s mother, in the opening pages, has drowned) and quirkily funny coming-of-age tale, marking its Rhode Island-based author as a talent to watch.\" —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elvis should be in contention for best narrator of the year; her voice feels like a mix of Scout Finch and Harriet the Spy, pushed to the edge by loneliness.\"—\u003cb\u003eMinnesota Public Radio, #1 Fiction Pick of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the kind of book I try to resist as a noted curmudgeon, but with not a smidge more sentiment than needed, \u003ci\u003eRabbit Cake \u003c\/i\u003eis an instant classic that you could confidently give as a gift to any reader.\" —\u003cb\u003eJeff Vandermeer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In my mind, it's damn near impossible to overstate the joys, the subtlety, and the brilliance of \u003ci\u003eRabbit Cake\u003c\/i\u003e. \"—\u003cb\u003eGabriel Tallent, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of MY ABSOLUTE DARLING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHartnett has written \u003cb\u003ea quirky, slightly magical coming-of-age story that will have your heart\u003c\/b\u003e. She is a writer to watch. —Heidi Durrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Heartbreak and dark comedy fuse together in this endearing story of family dysfunction and loss. I cheered for young Elvis Babbitt and the entire cast of quirky characters as they stumbled along a twisted path toward healing.\"—\u003cb\u003eBeth Hoffman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSaving CeeCee Honeycutt\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Looking for Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Annie Hartnett's \u003ci\u003eRabbit Cake \u003c\/i\u003eis fantastically original, a story about loss that expands in such exciting, unpredictable ways that I found myself completely won over by the unique Babbitt clan. Hartnett has such a gift for absurdity without ever losing the essential heart of the story. With this novel, she's become one of my favorite writers\u003cb\u003e.\"\u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Family Fang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What makes this book shine is that [Elvis] is both completely believable as a child [and] a compelling narrator. The reader feels her grief, her curious hunger for the world, and also her disbelief that a world so abundant in wonder could take her mother away.\"—\u003cb\u003eBook Riot, Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"12-year-old Elvis is a captivating character and the fantastically absorbing narrator of this stunning debut novel.\"—\u003cb\u003eRead It Forward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will laugh and cry in turn at this touching novel about a little girl with a big heart.\" —\u003cb\u003eBookish, Best Books of Spring\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fun emanates from virtually every element of [\u003ci\u003eRabbit Cake\u003c\/i\u003e's] craft—its particular narratorial voice, crackling dialogue, vibrant cast of characters, vivid and unexpected imagery, absurdist moments, and plot that bounces along like its titular animal but still finds room for quiet contemplation. \"—\u003cb\u003eRedivider\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Darkly funny and endlessly smart, \u003ci\u003eRabbit Cake\u003c\/i\u003e chases down the quivering heart of familial loss and reminds us there is no right way to grieve. There’s only showing up for it, and showing up for each other. \"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAnnie Hartnett was the 2013-2014 winner of the Writer in Residence Fellowship for the Associates of the Boston Public Library and has received awards and honors from the Bread Loaf School of English, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Hartnett received her MFA in Fiction from the University of Alabama, an MA from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English, and currently teaches at Grub Street, an independent writing center in Boston. She lives with her husband and their beloved Border Collie in Providence, Rhode Island.","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233499787493,"sku":"NP9781941040560","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781941040560.jpg?v=1767735322","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/rabbit-cake-isbn-9781941040560","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}