Rating: 4.00 (1 ratings)
First published 2022
Born to a teenage single mother in a trailer, a copper-haired boy fights to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, and crushing losses. He reckons with his invisibility in a culture that's abandoned his rural home, wielding a caustic wit and fierce talent for survival. This modern transposition of Dickens' David Copperfield speaks for a new generation of lost boys, with anger, compassion, and faith in the power of a good story.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, addiction, abuse, coming-of-age, contemporary, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, resilience
Setting: Appalachian Region, Lee County (Va.)
560 pages · Paperback · Harper Perennial
Content warnings: abuse, addiction, child-abuse, drug-use, mental-illness