Shadows of Pecan Hollow

<p><strong><em>Winner of the Crook's Corner Book Prize, finalist for the Golden Poppy Award, and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize</em></strong></p><p><strong>"This immersive, full-bodied novel will keep its hooks in you long after the last page is read, and marks the arrival of a tremendously wise and talented writer."—Ben Fountain</strong></p><p><strong>Set in 1970-90s Texas, a mesmerizing story about a fierce woman and the partner-in-crime she can’t escape, perfect for readers of <em>Where the Crawdads Sing</em> and <em>Valentine.</em></strong></p><p>It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old runaway Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal, who first coddled her and then groomed her into his partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and Manny were infamous for their string of gas station robberies throughout Texas, making a name for themselves as the Texaco Twosome.</p><p>Twenty years after they meet, Kit has scraped together a life for herself and her daughter amongst the pecan trees and muddy creeks of the town of Pecan Hollow, far from Manny. But when he shows up at her doorstep a new man, fresh out of prison, Kit is forced to reckon with the shadows of her past. </p><p>A gritty, penetrating, and unexpectedly tender novel, <em>Shadows of Pecan Hollow </em>is a hauntingly intimate and distinctly original debut about the complexity of love—both romantic and familial—and the bonds that define us. </p><p><strong>“<em>Paper Moon</em> meets <em>Badlands</em> in this mesmerizing Texas backroads thriller, a twisty story of a runaway girl who finds a home and a desperate love on the road with an opportunistic criminal.”—Janet Fitch</strong></p><br/><br/>