The Girl from Charnelle: A Novel

“The story of an entire generation growing up too quickly…impossible to put down until the dramatic and realistic conclusion.” — Library Journal, starred review

“A brilliant portrait of a small­ town teenage girl, whose secret affair…feels utterly true…a fresh and indelible book.” — Joan Silber

It's 1960 in the Panhandle town of Charnelle, Texas—a year and a half since sixteen-year-old Laura Tate's mother boarded a bus and mysteriously disappeared. Assuming responsibility for the Tate househ...