Fledgling Sociolinguistics From bestselling author of The

From bestselling author of The Book of Delights and award-winning poet

an essential book that has changed the lives of millions of readers

or happy in a corrupt society and under constant threat of death

from athletes to politicians and everyone in between

grief informs every step of the book's three journeys

Fledgling Sociolinguistics From bestselling author of TheOctavia E. Butler's final novel is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion: She is in fact a genetically modified, 53 year old vampire. Forced to discover what she can about her stolen former life, she must at the same time learn who wanted and still wants to destroy her and those she cares for, and how she can save herself. "A master storyteller, Butler casts an