Backlash Press

The Sculptor: Gret Heffernan

£15.99

The woman he was forbidden to love has been murdered. What happens when he resurrects her? Jacques Beaumont is a French Haitian artist of Voodoo ancestry with the ability to resurrect the dead through his sculptures. The death of his parents takes him to Callisto, a rural town in Illinois, and home to his cousin, Birdie DuBois, a photographer. Jacques falls in love with Elora Winter, a singer and abused wife of Arlo Donnelley, the town’s sheriff and ring leader of the area’s white supremacy group. Elora becomes pregnant with Jacques child and her murdered body is found in the river. Jacques resurrects Elora into…

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“Like Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ or Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ (two novels of which I was immediately reminded when I began ‘The Sculptor’), Heffernan has a gorgeous way with words. Similes, metaphors, personifications, and other memorable and at times wonderfully jarring imagery fill every page of the work. Heffernan’s style works effectively as she spins an original story of voodoo, mysticism, and real-world racial bigotry and hatred. The book is a satisfying and challenging read, a moody and somber novel-length poem about love, loss, abuse, and a belief in something far beyond what the human world can offer.”
– Josh Hancock, indie blogger and author of ‘The Girls of October’

Cover Design: The Scrutineer: Rachael Adams
Cover Ilustration: Robert Littleford

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