Jerkwater (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781072842477)

Set in Mercer, Wisconsin, where tensions over Native American fishing rights are escalating, JERKWATER is told from three alternating points-of-view: Shawna Reynolds, a young Ojibwa woman who doesn't much care for white people to begin with, and who is quickly being pulled in a direction she may no longer have a desire to resist;Kay O'Brien, Shawna's 64-year-old, usually drunk, neighbor who is still grieving the loss of her husband;And Kay's son, Douglas, who now finds himself in charge of running the family's auto repair shop while dealing with his own feelings of guilt.JERKWATER is a story about the racial tensions churning just beneath the surface of what often appears to be placid, everyday American life

Author: Jamie Zerndt
ISBN-10: 1072842475
ISBN-13: 9781072842477
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2019
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.55d

Review Citation(s):
BlueInk Review 07/29/2019
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2019 pg. 193
Booklist 10/15/2019 pg. 34