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This book left me breathless. Set in southern Mississippi, the novel explores what justice looks like in a broken world. Maben is on the run from a hard life and a fatal encounter with a sleazy cop. Russell, just released from Parchman for a drunken driving manslaughter charge, struggles to adjust to being home. Together, they weigh how to balance their pasts against an uncertain future.