By PG Lengsfelder
When four-year previous Eunis Kindsvatter leaves her Minnesota farmhouse for the first actual time, it’s simply because her mom drags her to a physician . . .with the wish he’ll absolve her for Eunis’ face. It’s albino with a gruesome birthmark. “An unnaturally grotesque thing,” based on Momma. even though the medical professional reveals not anything bodily flawed, Eunis is stored remoted from the area, Momma filling her with stories of nervous gods, demons and prophecy.
Eunis starts to adventure unpredictable allergic reaction to humans and areas. She instinctively gravitates to water and to Freyja, the Norse goddess of attractiveness, Momma’s perfect. decided to be of worth, Eunis embarks on a trip to quantify good looks, to guard destiny generations from the ache she’s skilled, and sometime “make every person attractive” —through science.
But Eunis’ obsessive examine into attractiveness attracts her right into a global of unreliable voices, unexpected pleasures, risks and demise. In appealing to the Bone, Eunis needs to struggle for her sanity and reconcile the distance among the technological know-how of attractiveness and the incalculable features that draw us to it.
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