Bitterroot

Bitterroot - Paperback

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Bitterroot

Bitterroot - Paperback

by Suzy Vitello
$18.00
Sale price  $18.00 Regular price 

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by Suzy Vitello (Author)

A forensic artist confronts a crime against her own family, while MAGA politics, racism and violence rage in a small town in the Bitterroot Mountains of Idaho.

Set in the fictional town of Steeplejack, nestled in the Bitterroot Mountains, Hazel Mackenzie provides law enforcement with sketch art and victim reconstruction following suspected crimes. Hazel is catapulted from observer to participant when her husband dies in an accident and then soon after, her gay twin brother Kento is shot by a member of Steeplejack's growing anti-LGBTQ community during a gender reveal party for his child.

Hazel soon discovers her husband wasn't who she thought he was. She uncovers hidden family secrets about her grandparents' forced internment during World War II, mirroring the same racism and prejudice that threaten to strip Kento and his husband of their basic rights to their baby. As physical violence charges up her driveway and engulfs her life, Hazel battles for herself, her brother, and a town torn apart by hate. And somehow during all this, she stumbles on a different kind of love and a more courageous way to live her life.

Number of Pages: 296
Dimensions: 0.67 x 8.47 x 5.32 IN
Publication Date: May 21, 2024
ISBN9781960573964
Author Suzy Vitello
PublisherSibylline Press
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages296
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Suzy Vitello

Suzy Vitello's award-winning short pieces have appeared in AARP, The Rumpus, The Southampton Review, Mississippi Review, anthologies and other literary journals, and has been a recipient of an Oregon Literary Arts fellowship. Her latest novel, BITTERROOT, was published by Sibylline Press in May, 2024 and has been called "an exceptional novel by a great talent," by novelist Rene Denfeld; and she is also the author of FAULTLAND from Ooligan Press in March, 2021, a Powell's Pick of the Month. Her YA novels include THE MOMENT BEFORE, THE EMPRESS CHRONICLES, and THE KEEPSAKE. She holds an MFA from Antioch Los Angeles, and works as a freelance developmental editor and book coach.

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