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Bewilderness : a novel
Call Number
- FICTION TUCK (CEN)
Publication Information
New York : Catapult, [2021]
Physical Description
277 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
Set in rural, poverty-stricken North Carolina, this novel follows two young women--best friends--as they struggle to free themselves from opioid addiction. Irene, a lonely nineteen-year-old in rural North Carolina, works long nights at the local pool hall, serving pitchers and dodging drunks. One evening, her hilarious, magnetic coworker Luce invites her on a joy ride through the mountains to take revenge on a particularly creepy customer. Their adventure not only spells the beginning of a dazzling friendship, it seduces both girls into the mysterious world of pills and the endless hustles needed to fund the next high. Together, Irene and Luce run nickel-tossing scams at the county fair and trick dealers into trading legit pharms for birth-control pills. Everything is wild and wonderful until Luce finds a boyfriend who wants to help her get clean. Soon the two of them decide to move away and start a new, sober life in Florida--leaving Irene behind.