Named A Book of the Year by NPR, "The Dallas Morning News," "Kirkus Reviews," and "Booklist"
Instant "New York Times" Bestseller
An "Entertainment Weekly"'Must List' Pick
I really loved this book... I can't praise it enough. Anne Rice
"It was the summer everything changed. "
"My Sunshine Away" unfolds in a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate football fandom. But in the summer of 1989, when fifteen-year-old Lindy Simpson free spirit, track star, and belle of the block experiences a horrible crime late one evening near her home, it becomes apparent that this idyllic stretch of Southern suburbia has a dark side, too.
In "My Sunshine Away," M.O. Walsh brilliantly juxtaposes the enchantment of a charmed childhood with the gripping story of a violent crime, unraveling families, and consuming adolescent love. Acutely wise and deeply honest, it is an astonishing and page-turning debut about the meaning of family, the power of memory, and our ability to forgive.
"From the Hardcover edition.""