Finalist for the California Book Award From the acclaimed author of Godshot and a pitch-perfect ventriloquist of extraordinary talent and ferocity (T Kira Madden) comes a defining book of Californian stories where everyone is seeking or sabotaging love United by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California\'s Central Valley, the characters of Heartbroke boil with reckless desire.
Told in bright, snapping prose that reveals a world of loss and love underneath, Chelsea Bieker brilliantly illuminates a golden yet gothic world of longing and abandonment under an unrelenting California sun..
Heartbroke brims over with each character\'s attempt to salvage grace where they can find it.
And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny.
A mother and a son selling dream catchers along a highway that leads to a toxic beach manifest two young documentary filmmakers into their realm.
A phone-sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life.
A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to recoup her own lost motherhood.
Finalist for the California Book Award From the acclaimed author of Godshot and a pitch-perfect ventriloquist of extraordinary talent and ferocity (T Kira Madden) comes a defining book of Californian stories where everyone is seeking or sabotaging love United by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California\'s Central Valley, the characters of Heartbroke boil with reckless desire
