ABOUT
THE BOOK

Twenty-two-year-old Libby is a supermarket clerk in a luckless town in the rural West. Endlessly daydreaming, she sees herself becoming an artist, moving out of her mother’s house to have her own, learning to play guitar. When her younger sister Tess becomes pregnant, Libby convinces her not to have an abortion by promising to raise the child, a promise she never really imagines she’ll have to keep.
Soon after the baby is born, Tess bolts farther west and Libby’s boyfriend abandons her. The baby’s father, a rider in the Christian rodeo, shows up and announces he wants custody. Her life spiraling downward, Libby steals a six-pack and is fired from the supermarket.