"This haunting, multi-generational novel simmers with mystery, secrets, a spirit of self-determination and sobering truths about domestic violence."
At once enchanting and arresting, Inga Vesper’s This Wild, Wild Country is a thought-provoking feat of fiction. Through the stories of a business-woman working in New Mexico in the 1930s, through to her granddaughter in the 1970s, it’s a stirring story that unpacks male domination through three inspirational women seeking self-determination and the truth behind a decades-old disappearance.
It’s 1933 and single-minded Cornelia Stover lives in Boldville, New Mexico, a small, isolated town populated by small-minded folk who judge everything about her. In the 1970s, Joanna, a former cop flees an abusive marriage and arrives in Boldville. Instead of finding a place of sanctuary, she walks headlong into a murder cover-up in a commune, and meets Glitter, Cornelia’s hippy granddaughter.
The multi-narrative structure is brilliantly, smoothly done, and the writing is electric as Joanna and Glitter uncover the darkest of truths about Boldville, and what happened to Glitter’s grandmother. With roots to the Gold Rush, this hooked-from-the-opening paragraph novel is gorgeously atmospheric, and 100% immersive.
| Primary Genre | Historical Fiction |
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