After her brother abandons their newborn in the woods and lies about its death, a desperate young Appalachian woman sets out to find her baby while her guilt-ridden brother flees across a bleak, violent landscape.
Tag: literary fiction
Review – Smothermoss
When a brutal murder of two hikers awakens a dark, supernatural presence on an Appalachian mountain, two impoverished, estranged half-sisters must unite to confront their own personal hauntings and hunt down a real-world fugitive.
Review – The Orchard Keeper
A timeless story without a specified human protagonist, πβπ πππβπππ πΎπππππ follows three characters whose lives intersect within a narrow geographical and cultural context.
Review – Child of God
After losing his land and home in 1960s Tennessee, a violent and isolated backwoods outcast descends into total madness, becoming a cave-dwelling serial killer and necrophiliac.
Review – Sunburn
A young woman in rural Ireland experiences a sudden shift of perspective when she stumbles into an unexpected and intense secret summer romance with her friend Susannah.