Published by Little, Brown and Company Genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic
Format: ARC, eBook
No one writes desperation like Michael Farris Smith.
South Mississippi has been ravaged by Hurricanes, crops are failing, people are moving and those that remain cling to hope while desperately trying to survive their day to day lives. It is also where a religious zealot has taken hold. She gives dynamic and bizarre sermons telling of a female child who will save them….
South Mississippi is where Jesse and her young son have returned to her childhood home. Jesse is desperate and in need of help. She has not spoken to her father, Wade since she left with Holt, Jace’s father years ago. Wade doesn’t know much about Jesse’s life since she left, but he knows desperation and need.
In a few days, everything has changed and with a Hurricane looming, things are going to get dark, dangerous, and deadly.
Wowza! Michael Farris Smith has delivered yet again. I love his writing and description. He has his finger on the pulse of people who have their backs against the wall, who have nothing left to lose and have nothing left to give. He writes human emotion beautifully. His writing it elegant and beautiful. I also enjoy how he uses the elements and landscape to also depict the desperation and bleakness in which his characters live. Life is tough, they will need to be tougher.
I love how I am absorbed into the world Michael Farris Smith creates and being taken on the journey along with his characters. This is southern noir/grit/gothic at its best. This isn’t an easy tale, but it is beautifully told.
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Thank you to Little, Brown and Company and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
