Welcome to Litsy!

�A stirring, powerful, and heart-wrenching story of coming of age, falling in love, and trying to lead a life of dignity.� �Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent King In Strickland County�a forgotten stretch of land in Southern Appalachia�there isn�t a lot of anything to go around. But when eighteen-year-old Harlowe Compton�s brother is killed by the Praters�the family who controls everything, from the mines to the law to the opioid trade�he wonders if the future will ever hold more than loss. Until he meets Tennessee Moore. Even as she struggles with the worst of the cards she�s been dealt, Tennessee makes Harlowe believe that they can dare to forge their own path. But as Harlowe searches for the answers behind his brother�s death, his town�s decay, and his family�s dysfunction, he discovers truths about the people he loves�and himself�that are darker than he ever expected. Now, Harlowe realizes, there�s no turning back.