Lorraine, who is a strong-willed and stubborn woman, has a hard time accepting Mireille. Their son, Michael, eventually marries Mireille, the protagonist. She is married Glen, and they both live on a farm in Nebraska. As her father's standoff with the kidnappers stretches out into days, Mireille must endure the torments of a man who despises everything she represents.Īn Untamed State is a "breathless, artful, disturbing and original" story of a willful woman attempting to find her way back to the person she once was, and of how redemption is found in the most unexpected of places (Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings). Lorraine is a very important character in An Untamed State by Roxane Gay. Held captive by a man who calls himself The Commander, Mireille waits for her father to pay her ransom. P op culture has no shortage of tales about tragedy, but rarely does it offer anything more than a glimpse of the trauma that lingers and haunts its survivors. But the fairy tale ends when Mireille is kidnapped in broad daylight by a gang of heavily armed men, just outside the estate walls.
It is written at a pace that will match your racing. A Haitian American woman survives a brutal kidnapping in this commanding debut novel from the New York Timesbestselling author of Bad Feminist (The New. The strong-willed youngest daughter of one of Haiti's richest sons, she lives in the United States with her adoring husband and infant son, returning every summer to stay on her father's Port-au-Prince estate. Gays harrowing and brave debut novel is told mainly from the point-of-view of Mireille, the American daughter of a wealthy Haitian, whos kidnapped in front of. An Untamed State is a novel of hope intermingled with fear, a book about possibilities mixed with horror and despair. Mireille Duval Jameson is living a fairy tale. Now, with An Untamed State, she delivers a "breathtaking debut novel" ( The Guardian, UK) of wealth in the face of crushing poverty, and the lawless anger produced by corrupt governments. An Untamed State establishes Roxane Gay as a writer of prodigious, arresting talent. It is the story of a wilful woman attempting to find her way back to the person she once was and of how redemption is found in the most unexpected of places. A Haitian American woman survives a brutal kidnapping in this "commanding debut novel" from the New York Times–bestselling author of Bad Feminist ( The New Yorker).Īuthor and essayist Roxane Gay is celebrated for her incisive commentary on identity and culture, as well as for her bestselling nonfiction and short story collections. An Untamed State is a novel of privilege in the face of crushing poverty and of the lawless anger that corrupt governments produce. It is the story of a willful woman attempting to find her way back to the person she once was, and of how redemption is found in the most unexpected of places.