Heartbroke (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781646221271)

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. A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to recoup her own lost motherhood. A phone-sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life. 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. And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny.

Heartbroke brims over with each character's attempt to salvage grace where they can find it. 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.

Author: Chelsea Bieker
ISBN-10: 1646221273
ISBN-13: 9781646221271
Publisher: Catapult
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2021 pg. 11
Publishers Weekly 01/31/2022
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2022
Booklist 02/15/2022 pg. 16
Library Journal 03/01/2022 pg. 133
Shelf Awareness 04/08/2022