What a great first novel. Author Wetmore has a way with words, to put it simply. I read every word of this book, literally. Her descriptions were so real, that you believed you were from Odessa, Texas. Her characters were as real as your next door neighbor. When she describes the sky looking like a nasty bruise, I saw it. When she describes a chain-smoking drunk, I smelled them.
The book starts with an horrific event. The chapters, titled by character, unfold a very complex story. The oil boom in Texas, the drifters that came into town, the dust and dirt and grease that became the air you breathed, not a pretty picture. The story is heartbreaking, no way around it. But it also shows how resilient humans are...
This book will be out in April 2020. Harper Collins, publisher. Mark your calendars!
