Iphigenia Murphy
- Author Sara Hosey
- Narrator Tavia Gilbert
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 10 March 2020
- Run Time 8 hours and 34 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Abuse, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Runaways, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age.
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What to expect
Running away from home hasn’t solved Iphigenia Murphy’s problems. In fact, it’s only a matter of time before they’ll catch up with her. Iffy is desperate to find her long-lost mother, and, so far, in spite of the need to forage for food and shelter and fend off an unending number of creeps, living in Queens’ Forest Park has felt safer than living at home. But as the summer days get shorter, it all threatens to fall apart.
A novel that explores the sustaining love of friendship, the kindness of strangers, and the indelible bond of family, Iphigenia Murphy captures the gritty side of 1992 Queens, the most diverse borough in New York City. Just like Iffy, the friends she makes in the park—Angel, a stray dog with the most ridiculous tail; Corinne, a young trans woman who is escaping her own abusive situation; and Anthony, a former foster kid from upstate whose parents are addicts—each seek a place where they feel at home. Whether fate or coincidence has brought them together, within this community of misfits Iffy can finally be herself, but she still has to face the effects of abandonment and abuse—and the possibility that she may be pregnant. During what turns out to be a remarkable journey to find her mother, will Iffy ultimately discover herself?
Critics Review
u201cReaders will be swept away by this angsty survival tale of a teen willing to take her future into her own handsu2026Hosey touches on issues such as unexpected friendship, trust, abortion, rape, courage, hope, incarcerated parents, drugs, physical abuse, and violence, though the book never becomes overly graphic. Each of these issues is intricately woven throughout the novel and leads Iphigenia to answer questions of identity and self. Recommend to fans of Patricia McCormicku2019s Sold or Laurie Halse Andersonu2019s Speak.u201d
u201cIphigenia Murphy by Sara Hosey is bound to be one of 2020u2019s best contemporary YA booksu2026We can tell this story is going to be chock full of heart.u201d
u201cAn exploration of how, and why, girls can vanish in plain sightu2026High stakes and [a] heart-wrenching conclusion.u201d
u201cWhat a privilege to follow Iffy on her journey. My heart is full.u201d
u201cWritten in 90s straight-up Queens vernacular, Hoseyu2019s gritty and unflinching coming-of-age story offers hope without skimping on real-life issues. One of the most impressive things about Hoseyu2019s prose is her subtlety, allowing the reader to depict the hardships many people face by her use of silence. Iphigenia Murphy is a heart-wrenching, gritty, critical read.u201d
u201cIphigenia Murphy is brilliant; a ferocious, harrowing, amazing portrait of a young girlu2019s resilience; her quest to find her mother, and to right the wrongs of a troubled family history. I tore through this novel with my heart racing, and couldnu2019t put it down. Sara Hosey has given us a true story of solidarity and girl power, full of pain and love and rage hope. I havenu2019t cried at the ending of a novel since A Little Life, but found myself sobbing on the last page of this beautiful book. Iphigenia Murphy is sure to be an instant classic, letu2019s hope Hosey has more in store for us.u201d
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