Forgiveness Road (March 2019)
From John Scognamiglio Books (Kensington)
Three generations of women in 1970s Mississippi find their lives ripped apart when 16-year-old Cissy Pickering shoots her father in the back one hot and humid July morning. After surviving more than seven years of his abuse, she had to prevent him from having the same secret with her two baby sisters. When Cissy is remanded to a psychiatric hospital, new revelations drive her to retreat even further from reality. Her grandmother, despite her own failing health, becomes Cissy’s advocate and rescuer. And over the course of an unlikely road trip, they confront the truths they’ve hidden from the world and themselves, finding courage, deep-rooted resilience, and a bond tender and tough enough to transform them both.
The Last Suppers (December 2017)
From John Scognamiglio Books (Kensington)
Set in 1950s Louisiana, Mandy Mikulencak’s beautifully written and emotionally moving novel evokes both The Help and Dead Man Walking with the story of an unforgettable woman whose quest to provide meaningful last meals for death row prisoners leads her to uncover secrets about her father’s murder twenty years earlier.
Available in paperback, hard cover, ebook and audio formats.
Burn Girl (September 2015)
From Albert Whitman & Company
A meth lab explosion leaves Arlie permanently scarred — both physically and emotionally. Yet, she develops the survival skills to keep her addict mother out of the reach of the law and hidden from her stepfather, the man responsible for the explosion. When her mother’s suicide forces an end to their nomadic lives, Arlie tries to create her version of a normal life. The return of her stepfather threatens to jeopardize everything and everyone she loves. Now available in paperback everywhere books are sold.
