Miles from Nowhere | 
so-soThis might have been the most depressing book I have ever read. And I like dark, intense reads. But the consistently depressing mood, layered over and over bad choices and drug abuse-it was hard to find any hope lurking in this novel. The writer definitely has skill but I couldn‘t find the plot and didn‘t get invested in the main character. Between so-so and a pan ONLY because the writing wasn‘t terrible.
pickI follow Roxane Gay on Goodreads and she gave this book 5 stars... it did not disappoint.
pickNever used, or seen, this sticker but it is appropriate. Read this book! If you were a fan of Lucia Berlin‘s A Manual for Cleaning Women, this will likely appeal to you. It is a semi-autobiographical novel told in stories that are intimate, alarming, intense, and sometimes desperately sad, but always moving and occasionally hopeful. It is a beautiful work of art.
