Sweetgirl
A Literary Fiction, Adult Fiction, Suspense book. you would be surprised by the things you can walk through when it...
With the heart, daring, and evocative atmosphere of Winter’s Bone and True Grit, and driven by the raw, whip-smart voice of Percy James, a blistering debut about a fearless sixteen-year old girl whose search for her missing mother leads to an unexpected discovery, and a life or death struggle in the harsh frozen landscape of the Upper Midwest.As a blizzard bears down, Percy James sets off to find her troubled mother, Carletta. For years, Percy has had to take care of herself and Mama—a woman who’s been unraveling for as long as her daughter can remember. Fearing Carletta is strung out on meth and that she won’t survive the storm, Percy heads for Shelton Potter’s cabin, deep in the woods of Northern Michigan. A two-bit criminal, as incompetent as he his violent, Shelton has been smoking his own cook...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 256 pages
- ISBN: 9780062400833 / 62400835
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you would be surprised by the things you can walk through when it is necessary to keep walking. Travis Mulhauser, Sweetgirl // People will reveal themselves to you, Percy, he said. In single moments they will show you what they are, and Krebs is exactly the coward I have always suspected. Travis Mulhauser, Sweetgirl //
I thought this well-written, rural-noir thriller was really terrific. I had never heard of the author before, but I would be happy to read what he writes next. Set in northern Michigan during a blizzard, the book is alternately exciting, touching, funny, sad and tragic and would make a really good movie. Fifteen year old Percy goes... 4.75"I was a foot from the shotgun now and knew I could reach it in time if he lunged. I believed I could turn it on him and squeeze the trigger, toothat I would be able to shoot him down right there in the room if he changed his mind.Yep, you and me both Percy. Its true. This kind of story can bring out the worst in the reader. Go... They were tears of grief, but somehow the hurt was clean and not polluted for once with his own shame and guilt.I adored the writing in Sweetgirl, it was gritty, sweet, funny and dreamlike all at the same time. I've tried thinking what I can compare it to, but absolutely nothing comes to mind. I can find no fault with this novel at...
