7/5/2023 0 Comments The hunger by alma katsuMary Graves is a daughter from a large family, an innocent in love. Tamsen Donner, the wife of party leader George Donner, is a vain woman who seems to take more pride in her looks than in her family she believes in superstition and witchcraft and is a social pariah because of it. Charles Stanton is a bachelor looking to leave a tragic past behind. The Hunger is told from a myriad of viewpoints. Alma Katsu’s novel The Hunger clings very close to the truth as she delves deep into the story of the families that banded together to move out West before it was settled and laces it with just enough of the supernatural to make an already perilous situation even more chilling. It’s a word that frightens us to our very core and yet also fascinates us, grabbing hold of that morbid curiosity that we feel about things that defy societal standards. The Hunger by Alma Katsu is a tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments, the Donner Party, with a supernatural twist.Īnyone who’s taken a US History class has most likely heard of the Donner Party and knows exactly why this band of pioneers seeking to settle in California is famous above all others: cannibalism.
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