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The Unmaking of June Farrow

Pages
337
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

June Farrow lives in a small mountain town, burdened by a mysterious family curse that has plagued the Farrow women for generations. After her grandmother's death, June uncovers cryptic clues about her mother's disappearance and begins to experience strange phenomena, including a mysterious door. Determined to break the curse, June steps through the door, embarking on a journey that will alter both past and future, unraveling town secrets and leading to an epic, star-crossed love.

About the author

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Adrienne Young

Adrienne Young is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult and adult fiction, including the Fable duology, the Sky in the Deep duology, Spells for Forgetting, and The Unmaking of June Farrow. Born and raised in Texas, she now lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Characters

June FarrowProtagonist

A woman in the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina who discovers she can pass through a mysterious door into 1951 while trying to break a curse afflicting the Farrow women and solve her mother's disappearance.

Susanna FarrowSupporting

June's mother, who disappeared decades ago when June was an infant.

Eamon Stone (The Unmaking of June Farrow)Supporting

The man June meets after passing through the door into 1951; her husband in that timeline.

Mason (The Unmaking of June Farrow)Supporting

June's closest friend in the present-day timeline.

All characters in The Unmaking of June Farrow

Frequently asked questions

  • Is The Unmaking of June Farrow part of a series?

    No. Despite the family-saga premise, it is a standalone novel — the publisher (Dell/Delacorte) and Goodreads both list it without a series.

  • Is Jasper, North Carolina a real town?

    No — Jasper is a fictional small mountain town that author Adrienne Young invented for the novel, drawing on the Blue Ridge Mountains region of North Carolina where she lives.

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