Shadows of Pecan Hollow

Recommended by The Washington Post!

"Paper Moon meets Badlands in this mesmerizing Texas backroads thriller, a twisty story of a runaway girl who finds a home and a desperate love on the road with an opportunistic criminal...told in a gritty, sensual prose."--Janet Fitch, #1 New York Times bestselling author of White Oleander

Set in 1970-90s Texas, a mesmerizing story about a fierce woman and the partner-in-crime she can't escape, perfect for readers of Where the Crawdads Sing and Valentine.

It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old runaway Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal, who first coddled her and then groomed her into his partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and Manny were infamous for their string of gas station robberies throughout Texas, making a name for themselves as the Texaco Twosome.

Twenty years after they meet, Kit has scraped together a life for herself and her daughter amongst the pecan trees and muddy creeks of the town of Pecan Hollow, far from Manny. But when he shows up at her doorstep a new man, fresh out of prison, Kit is forced to reckon with the shadows of her past.

A gritty, penetrating, and unexpectedly tender novel, Shadows of Pecan Hollow is a hauntingly intimate and distinctly original debut about the complexity of love--both romantic and familial--and the bonds that define us.

Author: Caroline Frost
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 02/08/2022
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780063065345

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2021 pg. 10
Publishers Weekly 11/22/2021
Booklist 01/01/2022 pg. 36
Shelf Awareness 02/15/2022
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2022