![]() ![]() The book begins with the aftermath of the death of Ava’s mother (the legendary wrestler of Seths, who died of cancer). ![]() Swamplands, swamp flies, buzzards, and a feverish humid mud mash surround the narrative. Since Swamplandia!, the Bigtree’s theme park, is also a family history museum (Ava’s mother’s wedding dress is on display among other exhibits), family is a setting. The conflation of family and place familiarizes the wildlife around the reader (Ava calls all their alligators “Seths”), while also revealing the darkness and wilderness of a family. Setting plays an important role in this book, and made me notice the settings within a setting. ![]() Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves) is the mystical coming of age story of Ava Bigtree, a skilled alligator-wrestler at her family’s failing theme park in the Everglades. Karen Russell’s novel Swamplandia! (based on one of the stories in her collection St. ![]()
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