On the Savage Side

Six women - mothers, daughters, sisters - gone missing. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this is the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims.Arcade and Daffodil are twin sisters born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for an escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother's stories. Together they disappear into their imagination and forge a world where a patch of grass reveals an archaeologist's dig, the smoke emerging from the local paper mill becomes the dust rising from wild horses galloping deep beneath the earth, and an abandoned 1950s convertible transforms into a time machine that can take them anywhere. But no matter how hard they try, Arc and Daffy can't escape the generational ghosts that haunt their family. And so, left to fend for themselves in the shadow of their rural Ohio town, the two sisters cling tight to one another. Years later, as the sisters wrestle with the memories of their early life, a local woman is discovered dead in the river. Soon, more bodies are left floating in the water, and as the killer circles ever closer, Arc's promise to keep herself and her sister safe becomes increasingly desperate - and the powerful riptide of the savage side more difficult to survive. Drawing from the true story of women killed in Chillicothe, Ohio, acclaimed novelist and poet Tiffany McDaniel has written a moving literary testament and fearless elegy for missing women everywhere. PRAISE FOR TIFFANY McDANIEL'S BETTY'A coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plot' Observer'Breahtaking' Vogue'I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it' Daisy Johnson'A page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story told in undulating prose that settles right into you' Naoise Dolan 'Vivid and lucid, Betty has stayed with me' Kiran Millwood Hargrave

PRAISE FOR TIFFANY McDANIEL'S BETTY'A coming-of-age story filled with magic in language and plot' Observer'Breahtaking' Vogue'I felt consumed by this book. I loved it, you will love it' Daisy Johnson'A page-turning Appalachian coming-of-age story told in undulating prose that settles right into you' Naoise Dolan 'Vivid and lucid, Betty has stayed with me' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Eye-opening, chilling and yet compassionate, On the Savage Side is a disturbing and insightful re-imagining of a true-life crime story., A brilliant and beautifully written book about a stark and terrible world, On the Savage Side brings a sense of humanity to the ravages of addiction. This book is as important as it is timely., Inspired by a true crime story, Tiffany McDaniel has written a novel of the highest literary merits, a book about the bonds of family, community, and the consequences of those bonds failing us. It is a story that speaks to America's current moral disorientation, and then transcends it., Tiffany McDaniel's characters will break a reader's heart with their longing and vulnerable loves. "A trio of women who could have been queens in a different parade," they tell stories of an America that deserves a closer look, from a writer who delineates their lives with tenderness.

TIFFANY MCDANIEL is an Ohio native whose writing is inspired by the rolling hills and woods of the land she knows. Drawing from her Cherokee heritage, she is a poet, a novelist, and a visual artist. Her debut novel, THE SUMMER THAT MELTED EVERYTHING, won the Guardian's Not the Booker award and the Ohioana Reader's Choice Award. Her second novel, BETTY, was an international bestseller, was longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Prize and won the Prix du Roman FNAC.