I found this book confusing. But I suspect that is because it was published in 2009 and set in a small town in USA. They had cell phones but everything else – including the attitudes – was not so modern.
Just because I found it confusing doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it though. And I always like to read some of the earlier stuff as well as the latest releases.
Sam, a fairly androgynous / soft butch in her 20s limps into Piperton as her car breaks down. Will take a couple of weeks for the mechanic to look at her car so she finds some work playing piano and singing in a bar and sleeps in her car.
Janie, in her late 30s lives alone and works in the doctor’s surgery. She has an awful boyfriend and a revolting father who tells her what to do – including who she should sleep with as he wants grand children.
It’s quite a slow burn with plenty of hiccups and assaults on the way. Janie learns a lot about herself and what she wants and also what she is not prepared to put up with in life.
Eventually they leave town.

In a way it was quite an education. I would like to think it would be a lesson in how it used to be.