Jimmy James Blood (the man from Angel Road) : a novel

Jimmy James Blood recounts the dark story of a rough group of teenagers growing up in a twisted rural logging town. There are no jobs. There is no sense of safety. But there is a small group of loyal friends, a truck waiting with the engine running, a pair of boots covered in blood and a hot 1911 with a pearl pistol grip� "...an eloquent description of today�s desensitized, emotionally detached youth....Anne's powerful storytelling startles readers with its unapologetic bleakness. Her crafting, although gray and humorless, candidly frames the drifting characters in a snapshot of life outside the confines of comfort. An intense, lyrical portrait of America's vulnerable underbelly."