Black Mountain Breakdown

Black Mountain Breakdown

<b> The <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Last Girls</i> presents one of her most compelling novels, acclaimed by Anne Tyler, Annie Dillard, and more... </b><p>Everywhere about her, from the traffic on Highway 460 to the river that's gone black with coal dust, Crystal Spangler sees a current flowing from the mountain town of Black Rock into the wider world. As a teenager, she is elected beauty queen, gets good grades, and-despite her many enviable qualities-manages also to be well-loved. Everyone knows that she is destined to leave town and do great things.</p><p>And she does.</p><p>But no one expects her return; drawn back home by some sort of memory, as if the current that had taken her away had changed its mind...</p>