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This is a dark fairytale, but - like every good fairytale - it is sweet and tender too.

"This is a story about two little girls on the day of the schoolyard flood. It begins like this: (...) Paint me a mill town nestled in a bend of a river called Penobscot about as far east as you can imagine and three hours north of anywhere you’ve ever heard of."

I won't spoil, but something awful happens. It's about guilt and memory and trauma and revenge, and mostly about the stories we tell ourselves.

I enjoyed it very much: it manages to be light and serious at the same time, but also modern and timeless at the same time, with quirky side characters, surprising turns, fun choice of words, but also some pretty tough themes.

4,5