The Untended: A Novel

For fans of Rachel Kushner and Gillian Flynn, a gritty contemporary debut novel.

Casch Abbey is a waitress, single mom, and recreational boxer who falls in love twice: first with a veteran who secretly grows pot on a rich man's land in Vermont's Green Mountains, and then with a painkiller that eases her long-buried pain.

After her foot is crushed under the wheel of a station wagon, Casch loses her waitressing gig and goes broke-and the meds for her foot are her only source of relief. But whe...