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by Kent Meyers
Hayley Jo Zimmerman is gone. Taken. And the people of small-town Twisted Tree must come to terms with this terrible event—their loss, their place in it, and the secrets they all carry.
In this brilliantly written novel, one girl's story unfolds through the stories of those who knew her. Among them, a supermarket clerk recalls an encounter with a disturbingly thin Hayley Jo. An ex-priest remembers baptizing Hayley Jo and seeing her with her best friend, Laura, whose mother the priest once loved. And Laura berates herself for all the running they did, how it fed her friend’s addiction, and how there were so many secrets she didn't see. And so, Hayley Jo’s absence recasts the lives of others and connects them, her death rooting itself into the community in astonishingly violent and tender ways.
"Starred Review. [A] beautiful and unsettling new novel...the novel is brimming with arresting descriptions, and the western setting is employed to surprising effect...[a] small masterpiece." - Publishers Weekly
"Though identified as a 'novel' on the title page, this is more accurately a collection of loosely related short stories, all set in or near Twisted Tree in western South Dakota....Recommended for readers of good literary fiction set in the American West." - Library Journal
"Terrific opening, terrific close, but a bumpy ride in between." - Kirkus Reviews
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Kent Meyers is the author of The Work of Wolves, Light in the Crossing, The River Warren, and The Witness of Combines. He is a recipient of an ALA Alex award, two Minnesota Book awards, and a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Association award. His work has been included in the New York Times list of Notable Books and is published in a wide array of prestigious magazines.
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