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Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At 14, she roams the woods along the Northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous. Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin.

At 14, Turtle Alveston knows the use of every gun on her wall; that chaos is coming and only the strong will survive it; that her daddy loves her more than anything else in this world. And he'll do whatever it takes to keep her with him. She doesn't know why she feels so different from the other girls at school; why the line between love and pain can be so hard to see; why making a friend may be the bravest and most terrifying thing she has ever done; and what her daddy will do when he finds out....

À quatorze ans, Turtle Alveston arpente les bois de la côte nord de la Californie avec un fusil et un pistolet pour seuls compagnons. Elle trouve refuge sur les plages et les îlots rocheux qu'elle parcourt sur des kilomètres. Mais si le monde extérieur s'ouvre à elle dans toute son immensité, son univers familial est étroit et menaçant : Turtle a grandi seule, sous la coupe d'un père charismatique et abusif. Sa vie sociale est confinée au collège, et elle repousse quiconque essaye de percer sa carapace.

A story about cruelty inflicted out of love, My Absolute Darling touches on one of the last taboos in our culture. Turtle Alveston is 14 years old and she has trouble reading. She is raised in a run-down house in the middle of the woods by a despotic father who isolates her from everyone, fully controls her life, and abuses her emotionally and physically. In order to free herself from the dominance of her monster father, she will use everything he taught her against him.

"Der Begriff 'Meisterwerk' wird zu häufig benutzt, doch 'Mein Ein und Alles' ist ohne jeden Zweifel eines." - Stephen King. Dieser Roman über ein junges Mädchen hat Amerika überwältigt und gespalten. Denn Turtle Alveston, so verletzlich wie stark, ist eine der unvergesslichsten Heldinnen der zeitgenössischen Literatur. Sie wächst weltabgeschieden in den nordkalifornischen Wäldern auf, wo sie jede Pflanze und jede Kreatur kennt. Sucht auf tagelangen Streifzügen in der Natur Zuflucht vor der obsessiven Liebe ihres charismatischen und schwer gestörten Vaters.