Family, teachers, friends, and strangers regard the relationship with trepidation, but no one intervenes. As Wavy enters middle school, she begins to assert herself sexually, imitating the behavior she sees among the women who congregate at her father’s meth compound, including Val. From age eight to 11, Wavy forges a friendship with Kellen-one that appears as a girlish crush at times but mostly manifests as an odd friendship between two misfits. Then one day she meets Jesse Joe Barfoot (“Kellen”), who works for her father, when he wrecks his motorcycle after seeing her standing by the road. She speaks little, refuses to be touched, and does not like eating in front of others. Though she spends some time living with her grandmother and later with her aunt (Brenda), Wavy must largely fend for herself while also trying to care for her younger brother, Donal. Her mother, Val, is abusive and addicted to drugs her meth dealer father, Liam, is frequently absent but violent when he does return home. It also discusses suicidal ideation.īorn in the back seat of a car, Wavonna (“Wavy”) Quinn grows up in the rural Midwest. Martin’s Press hardback edition.Ĭontent Warning: This book contains scenes of incarceration, drug use, and intense violence, and its plot centers on a sexualized relationship between an adult and a minor.
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