One woman's path to rediscovering herself through music, romance, and a little vigilantism Inside Half Moon Bay, a sparkling California coastal town, Ester Prynn is...

One woman's path to rediscovering herself through music, romance, and a little vigilantism

Inside Half Moon Bay, a sparkling California coastal town, Ester Prynn is dulled and diminished by struggles with work, money, marriage, her senile father, a troubled teenage son, and old guilt she can't assuage. When a masked gunman robs the convenience store where Ester works, he upends her fraught life and propels her toward passions buried, like singing; desires discovered, like a same-sex infatuation; and wrongs righted, like bringing the violent assailant to justice. But as the armed robber commits new crimes and continues to evade capture, the trauma from the holdup climbs, threatening Ester's newfound delights and longings and forcing her to contend with her burning regrets and what-ifs. In the reckoning between Ester and these growing, molten upsets, she's faced with enormous choices and must determine what and who can bring her to her best life.

Author: Ethel Rohan
Publisher: Triquarterly Books
Published: 04/15/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.06w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780810147171


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2024
Booklist 03/15/2024 pg. 41

About the Author
ETHEL ROHAN is an award-winning essayist, novelist, and short story writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Irish Times, PEN America, and Tin House. Her previous books include The Weight of Him and In the Event of Contact.