Instant "New York Times" BestsellerAn "Entertainment Weekly" 'Must List' Pick"The last page is as satisfying as the first." --Kathryn Stockett"I really loved this book... I can't praise it enough."--Anne Rice"It's a book to read and reread, one that will only get better with time."--Tom Franklin "It was the summer everything changed....""My Sunshine Away" unfolds in a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate football fandom. But in the summer of 1989, when fifteen-year-old Lindy Simpson--free spirit, track star, and belle of the block--experiences a horrible crime late one evening near her home, it becomes apparent that this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia has a dark side, too.
In "My Sunshine Away," M.O. Walsh brilliantly juxtaposes the enchantment of a charmed childhood with the gripping story of a violent crime, unraveling families, and consuming adolescent love. Acutely wise and deeply honest, it is an astonishing and page-turning debut about the meaning of family, the power of memory, and our ability to forgive.

Book details

• Format Hardcover
• Pages320 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN100399169520
• ISBN139780399169526