Shadows of Pecan Hollow, Caroline Frost
Shadows of Pecan Hollow, Caroline Frost
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Shadows of Pecan Hollow
A Novel

Author: Caroline Frost

Narrator: Alex McKenna

Unabridged: 15 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/08/2022


Synopsis

Winner of the Crook's Corner Book Prize, finalist for the Golden Poppy Award, and longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize""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 FountainSet in 1970-90s Texas, a mesmerizing story about a fierce woman and the partner-in-crime she can’t escape, perfect for readers of Where the Crawdads Sing and Valentine.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.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. A gritty, penetrating, and unexpectedly tender novel, Shadows of Pecan Hollow is a hauntingly intimate and distinctly original debut about the complexity of love—both romantic and familial—and the bonds that define us. “Paper Moon meets Badlands 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


About Caroline Frost

Caroline Frost has a Master of Professional Writing degree from the University of Southern California. She is the author of Shadows of Pecan Hollow, which won the Crook’s Corner Prize, was a finalist for the Golden Poppy Award, and was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. She currently resides in Pasadena, California, with her husband and three small children, but her roots in Texas run deep.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tina

4.5* It is hard to believe this is a DEBUT novel! The writing is incredible and the story fascinating, disturbing, heartbreaking and hopeful! Part One of the novel takes place in the 1970's. Twelve year old Kit has been in and out of foster homes her whole life having been abandoned as a baby by her......more

Goodreads review by jessica

with the same heaviness of ‘rust & stardust’ and resilience of ‘all the ugly and wonderful things,’ this is a story that will make you both hate and love humanity. for a debut, this is a really ambitious story. it relies solely on the characters and i think their development is done pretty well, fles......more

3.5 stars A gritty, backroads, small town story. Kit had an extremely rough childhood. As an orphan who had to find her own way, she partnered with Manny in her teenage years and lived a life on the run until they were forced to part ways. Decades later, she is living a quiet life with her teenage da......more