Mr. Splitfoot

De: Samantha Hunt

Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell, Emily Woo Zeller

A contemporary Gothic from an author in the company of Kelly Link and Aimee Bender, Mr. Splitfoot tracks two women in two times as they march toward a mysterious reckoning.

Ruth and Nat are orphans packed into a house full of abandoned children run by a religious fanatic. To entertain their siblings, they channel the dead. Decades later Ruth's niece, Cora, finds herself accidentally pregnant. After years of absence, Aunt Ruth appears, mute and full of intention. She is on a mysterious mission, leading Cora on an odyssey across the entire state of New York on foot. Where is Ruth taking them? Where has she been? And who - or what - has she hidden in the woods at the end of the road?

In an ingeniously structured dual narrative, two separate timelines move toward the same point of crisis. Their merging will upend and reinvent the whole. A subversive ghost story that is carefully plotted and elegantly constructed, Mr. Splitfoot will set your heart racing and your brain churning. Mysteries abound, criminals roam free, utopian communities show their age, and the mundane world intrudes on the supernatural - and vice versa.

©2016 Samantha Hunt (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Killer Plot Twist!

Absolutely loved this story! The narrators were wonderful at weaving the stories of these two amazing women together.

A surprise after every chapter

This was a fantastic ghost story with an off-kilter sense of humor, and of itself.

wonderfully weird, dark, hopeful and beautiful

What did you like best about this story?

Entirely original take on a ghost story. I loved it, and am a big fan of Samantha Hunt's gorgeous language, punctuated with her very unique sharp, dark wit. This story had everything for me - plot, style, and characters I could hold hands with.

Not the gothic for me

On paper this should have been my new favorite book with the religious fundamentalism and cults and Kelly Link comparisons but I struggled to get through the book and spent most of the middle bored and looking for patterns.
I bumped it up to 3 stars because I enjoyed the ending despite seeing the plot twist miles from the end.
I also have given up on books narrated by Cassandra Campbell; her tone of voice hear made me think of a disgruntled librarian and I just can't anymore.

I love this book!

I heard an interview with the author on Studio 360 and tried to get the Audible version. Too soon. So I read it on Kindle. Hated to lose the characters so I ordered it on Audible. Even better the second time. Great writing, well performed. You will often have to stop because a sentence is so powerful or beautifully written.These characters and their story are still with me. Now, added to my favorite books list.