The Poison Girl
Suzanne Manizza Roszak

ISBN ​​​​​​978-1-963908-39-8       226 pages         $22.00

This modern novel blends gothic and supernatural elements into a propulsive, otherworldly tale.
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The novel is a wonder...Written in brilliantly lucid chapters, it captures the imagination and, deservedly, the reader’s admiration. 
   Gary Soto, author of The Elements of San Joaquin  

A stunning work richly imagined, and veined with sentences so bright and alluring Manizza Roszak might have crafted them from a rare poison.... A true work of art. 
   Peter Kispert, author of I Know You Know Who I Am  

Manizza Roszak tells the taleof generations of women poisoned by a world that wants them to be a possession or a weapon, but who wish themselves a medicine, a balm, a spell toward new beginnings. 
   Sarah Blackman, author of Hex  

With echoes of Mary Shelley, Kate Chopin,and Laura Esquivel, Manizza Roszak masterfully displays the craft of storytelling.... A dark family saga full of generational striations. 
   Shome Dasgupta, author of The Sea Singer  

A wonderfully entertaining, beautifully written novel.... I will be thinking about these characters for a long time to come. 
   Becky Hagenston, author of The Age of Discovery and Other Stories

Suzanne Manizza Roszak  is a writer of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry whose work has appeared in ANMLY, Colorado Review, DIAGRAM, failbetter, New Letters, Third Coast, and elsewhere. Her poetry collection Sicilianas won the 2022 Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize from Bordighera Press and was first finalist for the North American Poetry Book Award. Raised in rural northeastern Connecticut and a longtime resident of New York City, Suzanne currently lives in Groningen, the Netherlands. Suzanne holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of California, Irvine and a PhD in comparative literature from Yale.