wow

really loved this one

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#IdleGrounds by Krystelle Bamford is quirky and refreshingly original. It’s also hilarious in parts (I laughed out loud several times) and deeply upsetting in others.

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Out now! Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford is a haunting, darkly comic debut set in 1989 New England, where a group of kids search for a missing cousin in a forest that twists memory & reality. Eerie, poetic, unforgettable.

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In Idle Grounds, Bamford’s writing is playful and ominous as she beautifully captures the bewilderment of childhood, the slipperiness of memory, and the effects of generational trauma. A striking debut that is eerie, riveting, and surprising all at once. Highly recommend!
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Idle Grounds by Krystelle Bamford The following is an account of an afternoon in June in which we sallied forth and then for the most part back. By we I mean the cousins, who were a varied crew with the normal range of grubby chara…

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