An Untamed State

An Untamed State

Gay delivers • Roxane Gay

ISBN-10: 0802122515 · ISBN-13: 978‑0802122513 · 2014

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In this assured debut novel, Mireille Duval Jameson’s seemingly perfect life in Haiti is shattered when she is abducted in broad daylight outside her father’s estate. Held for ransom by a ruthless captor, Mireille endures a harrowing thirteen-day ordeal while navigating her father's refusal to pay and her husband’s desperate attempts to secure her release. The narrative explores the profound psychological aftermath of trauma and the complex dynamics of power, privilege, and familial loyalty.

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