Description: instant New York Times BestsellerFinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!"A thrilling debut that deserves your attention." –Ron Charles, the Washington PostWritten with the haunting emotional power of Elizabeth Strout and Barbara Kingsolver, an astonishing debut novel that explores the lingering effects of a brutal crime on the women of one small Texas oil town in the 1970s, longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the VCU Cabell First Novel Award. Mercy is hard in a place like this . . .It’s February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. While the town’s men embrace the coming prosperity, its women intimately know and fear the violence that always seems to follow.In the early hours of the morning after Valentine’s Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ramírez appears on the front porch of Mary Rose Whitehead’s ranch house, broken and barely alive. The teenager had been viciously attacked in a nearby oil field—an act of brutality that is tried in the churches and barrooms of Odessa before it can reach a court of law. When justice is evasive, the stage is set for a showdown with potentially devastating consequences.Valentine is a haunting exploration of the intersections of violence and race, class and region in a story that plumbs the depths of darkness and fear, yet offers a window into beauty and hope. Told through the alternating points of view of indelible characters who burrow deep in the reader’s heart, this fierce, unflinching, and surprisingly tender novel illuminates women’s strength and vulnerability, and reminds us that it is the stories we tell ourselves that keep us alive. Valentine is a must-read for any fan of fiction. The book is a paperback format, measuring 8 inches in height, 5 inches in length, and 1 inch in width. It weighs 16.9 ounces and features 307 pages of captivating storytelling. Don't miss out on the chance to immerse yourself in this enthralling tale!
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Original Language: English
Type: Novel
Book Title: Valentine : a Read with Jenna Pick
Item Length: 8in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 5.3in
Author: Elizabeth Wetmore
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Small Town & Rural, Thrillers / Legal, Legal, Coming of Age, Historical
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
