St. Christopher on Pluto (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781949199260)

*2021 Colorado Book Awards Finalist, Literary Fiction*

MK and Colleen get reacquainted while working at different stores in a bankrupt mall. Way back, the women went to Catholic school together and collaborated on racy letters to a soldier in Vietnam who thought they were much older than seventh graders--a ruse that typifies later shenanigans, usually brought on by red-headed Colleen, a self-proclaimed "Celtic warrior."

After ditching Colleen's car to collect the insurance, they drive from one unexpected event to the next in Big Blue, MK's Buick clunker with a St. Christopher statue glued to the dash. The glow-in-the-dark icon guides them past the farm debris, mine ruins, and fracking waste of the northern brow of Appalachia. Yet their world is not a dystopia. Rather, MK and Colleen show why, amid all the desperation, there is still a community of hope, filled with people looking out for their neighbors and with survivors who offer joy, laughter, and good will.

Author: Nancy McKinley
ISBN-10: 1949199266
ISBN-13: 9781949199260
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2019
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.00h x 4.90w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2019
Foreword 12/26/2019