A wonderfully original, profoundly unsettling, deeply moving novel that delivers both the shock of a fully realized reality and the deep resonance of parable.

-- "Robert Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author"

In this bold and surprising debut novel...nothing is quite what it seems, as mystery and revelation alternate, right up to the end.

-- "Robert Morgan, New York Times bestselling author"

Reads as if Carson McCullers and Shirley Jackson got together with Nathaniel Hawthorne...to write the first truly great gothic coming-of-age novel of the twenty-first century.

-- "Donald Ray Pollock, PEN/Robert Bingham Award-winning author "

Part Flannery O'Connor, part Stephen King, and wholly original.

-- "Lou Berney, author of Edgar Award-winning The Long and Faraway Gone"

A haunting Appalachian Gothic novel that calls into question the nature of good and evil.

-- "Akron Beacon Journal"

As families and fanatics fight their personal demons, the line between good and evil becomes increasingly murky...This debut novel shines with beauty and lyricism.

-- "Library Journal"

An ambitious novel that will invite thought and surely spark discussion.

-- "Booklist"

A fantastic Jackson-esque debut about rumors, fears, and beliefs.

-- "BookRiot"

This book contains so much wisdom and is written so beautifully...[with] vibrant charm and deep grasp of Americana.

-- "BookPeople"

Delves into a small town and everyone's secrets...Literary gold...often strange but beautiful.

-- "Book Stalker Blog"