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Sugar run : a novel / Mesha Maren.
In 1989, Jodi McCarty is seventeen years old when she's sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. Eighteen years later, she finds herself at a Greyhound bus stop, reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian Mountains, she goes searching for someone she left behind, but on the way, she meets and falls in love with Miranda, a troubled young mother. Together, they try to make a fresh start, but is that even possible in a town that refuses to change?
Record details
- ISBN: 9781616206215
- Physical Description: 309 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Castlegar Public Library | FIC MAR (Text) | 35146002117265 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Released after serving 18 years for manslaughter, Jodi McCarty finds her efforts to track down a friend and move on with the woman she loves challenged by the insular values of their rural West Virginia community. A first novel. - Baker & Taylor
Released from prison after serving eighteen years for manslaughter, Jodi McCarty finds her efforts to track down a friend and move on with the woman she loves challenged by the insular values of their rural West Virginia community. - Baker & Taylor
"Jodi McCarty is seventeen when she's sentenced to life in prison for manslaughter. She's released eighteen years later and finds herself reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian mountains, she heads south in search of someone she left behind, as a way of finally making amends. There, she will meet and fall in love with Miranda, a troubled young mother living in a motel room with her children. Together they head toward what they hope will bea new home and fresh start--but what do you do with a town and a family that refuses to change?"-- - Grand Central PubâA heady admixture of explosive plot and taut, burnished prose . . . Mesha Maren writes like a force of nature.â âLauren Groff, author of Florida
In 1989, Jodi McCarty is seventeen years old when sheâs sentenced to life in prison. When sheâs released eighteen years later, she finds herself at a Greyhound bus stop, reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom but determined to chart a better course for herself. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian Mountains, she heads south in search of someone she left behind, as a way of finally making amends. There, she meets and falls in love with Miranda, a troubled young mother living in a motel room with her children. Together they head toward what they hope will be a fresh start. But what do you do with your pastâand with a town and a family that refuses to forget, or to change?
Set within the charged insularity of rural West Virginia, Mesha Marenâs Sugar Run is a searing and gritty debut about making a break for another life, the use and treachery of makeshift families, and how, no matter the distance we think weâve traveled from the mistakes weâve made, too often we find ourselves standing in precisely the place we began. - Workman Press.'A heady admixture of explosive plot and taut, burnished prose . . . Mesha Maren writes like a force of nature.' 'Lauren Groff, author of Florida
In 1989, Jodi McCarty is seventeen years old when she's sentenced to life in prison. When she's released eighteen years later, she finds herself at a Greyhound bus stop, reeling from the shock of unexpected freedom but determined to chart a better course for herself. Not yet able to return to her lost home in the Appalachian Mountains, she heads south in search of someone she left behind, as a way of finally making amends. There, she meets and falls in love with Miranda, a troubled young mother living in a motel room with her children. Together they head toward what they hope will be a fresh start. But what do you do with your past'and with a town and a family that refuses to forget, or to change?
Set within the charged insularity of rural West Virginia, Mesha Maren's Sugar Run is a searing and gritty debut about making a break for another life, the use and treachery of makeshift families, and how, no matter the distance we think we've traveled from the mistakes we've made, too often we find ourselves standing in precisely the place we began.
