Backseat saints /
Back-seat saints.
Joshilyn Jackson.
- 1st trade ed.
- New York : Grand Central Pub., 2011, c2010.
- x, 358 p. ; 21 cm.
"A novel"--Cover. Includes a reading group guide. Book includes the first chapter of the author's book, "Gods in Alabama."
After a gypsy predicts that Rose's violent husband will kill her, Rose grabs a gun and her dog Gretel and sets out on a cross-country escape, following messages that her missing mother has left for her and unraveling family secrets.
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Abused women--Fiction. Abusive men--Fiction. Spousal abuse--Fiction. Family secrets--Fiction. Domestic fiction.