The book is saturated with glistening prose and residual imagery that flows in the same beautiful vein as the passage above. From beginning to end, the novel captures the rawness of the land, its inherent beauty, its people, the way a place can shadow over who a person becomes ... With all the talent coming out of the region, I think it’s safe to say that Maren has developed her own corner of queer rural literature, adding to the conversation surrounding addiction new perspectives with nuance and grace. The Appalachian literary world is lucky to have Mesha Maren and we’ll gladly claim her as our own.
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