Inside the Wolf michael bennett bookshots

Inside the Wolf michael bennett bookshotsA haunting, "exquisitely written" novel that explores the true costs of tradition, gun ownership, masculinity, and Southern mythmaking through the lens of an accidental shooting that reverberates across generations (Fiona McFarlane, author of The Night Guest). A vital Southern novel that speaks to a violent American legacy. The New York Times Book Review Rachel Ruskin never intended to return to her familys tobacco farm in Shiloh, North Carolina. But

take a dip in the hot springs dotting the hillsides

"An exotically filthy

beautiful ones like Jo

finding a champion in Nancy Reagan

and a parade of flesh and blood founders struggling--and often failing--to keep their tempers and jealousies in check

Holy crap in a bottomless well

Their friendship was forged as they came of age together in California: going to church

For the ruling and propertied classes of the late eighteenth century

Marina Makarova is a young woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life

and the after-effects of years of excess–was found dead by his bandmates

But sometimes the opposite happens

tragically killing all 19 of them within minutes