Iodine, Haven Kimmel
Iodine, Haven Kimmel
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Iodine
A Novel

Author: Haven Kimmel

Narrator: Haven Kimmel

Unabridged: 8 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/05/2008

Synopsis

Brilliant, unconventional college senior Trace Pennington has eked out an impoverished, solitary, but highly functional existence in the years since she ran away from her abusive home. But when Trace finds love with a much older man, her life is upended and she is forced to face herself and her past. After recovering a horrific, long-suppressed memory, she discovers that much of her present-day life is a carefully constructed delusion. With equal parts genius and psychosis, Trace copes with the fallout from a brutal, bizarre childhood in a heart-stopping story that explores both the terror and wonder of mental illness.

About Haven Kimmel

Haven Kimmel is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Girl Named Zippy, She Got Up Off the Couch, and Something Rising (Light and Swift). She studied English and creative writing at Ball State University and North Carolina State University and attended seminary at the Earlham School of Religion. She lives in Durham, North Carolina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Becky on November 27, 2008

The word "ambitious" is often applied to "big" books -- books with "big" themes, books with "big" language, "big" aspirations, and so on...none of which usually add up to much. For a reviewer to call a book "ambitious" is instantly damning, as it implies that the ambitions have not been fulfilled. N......more

Goodreads review by Glenda on September 27, 2008

Iodine by Haven Kimmel was a very disturbing book for me. I could not say I liked it, but I feel compelled to give it high praise for what Kimmel has created in this portrayal of her character, Trace Pennington. If you dare--enter her psychotic mind: I never I never had sex with my father but I would......more

Goodreads review by Amy on May 07, 2019

Wow. I’m not really sure what I just read. Talk about powerful and extremely sad but without the details. A very surface level story that makes you infer and assume your way through with a depressing ending to it all. I had never heard of this book before. I was at the local library picking up a dif......more

Goodreads review by John Hood on September 08, 2008

Bound August 28, 2008 Miami Sun Post Zippy Rides Again! (Sort Of) Haven Kimmel Pours Some Iodine on the Wounded By John Hood It’s been seven years since Haven Kimmel broke into the Best Book lists with her startlingly frank and outwardly funny memoir, A Girl Named Zippy. In that time there’s been a thre......more

Quotes

“Kimmel offers a beautifully wrought portrait of the brilliant and psychotic Trace Pennington…Kimmel skillfully weaves together Trace’s lucid moments and her diminishing sanity, providing a full picture of a troubled woman whose identity, past, and present are repeatedly called into question.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Disturbing and haunting, Kimmel’s latest novel builds slowly and ominously, ratcheting up the suspense right up to the final page and captivating the reader with Trace’s frightening downward spiral.” Booklist

“[Kimmel] has crafted a dark and complex tale of dual personalities…The novel remains grounded in its striking prose, its unique portrayal of mental illness, and, most important, its captivating main character, Trace Pennington.” Bookmarks magazine

“Haven Kimmel not only writes like an angel, she has a gorgeous warm voice and skills any actor would envy. I can’t imagine a better narrator to present Trace’s searching, terrible confusion, her incantatory understanding of the world, and the utterly harrowing truth about her past. Stunning work in every way.” AudioFile

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