Praise for Back Roads
An Oprah’s Book Club Pick
A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club
“An intense story of family, frailty and dysfunction, set in the coal-mining towns of western Pennsylvania…captivatingly told.”—Chicago Tribune
“Tense…involving…deftly captures the voice of a teenage boy who’s in trouble.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A page-turner…gritty, funny, sexy.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“Poignant…achingly beautiful prose…remarkable.”—San Diego Union
“Nearly impossible to put down.”—The Denver Post
“Outrageously unconventional…a very funny book.”—The Baltimore Sun
“Do not miss this one.”—Mademoiselle