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In the opening pages of this uncompromising and absorbingly written new novel by the author of The Roanoke Girls, 12-year-olds Junie and Izzie are murdered, and Engel does right by them, not using their tragedy as mere plot point to hook readers but genuinely letting us feel the rubbed-raw grief of Junie's mother, Eve Taggert, and showing how it turns swiftly into action. Eve was raised dirt poor by an abusi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More