Walk Softly on This Heart of MineAgainst the vibrant,bluesy backdrop of 1970s Austin, Texas, this electrifying debut charts the scorching chaos of perpetual change. It's 1975 in Austin, and the Rush Creek Saloon, five miles west of town, is a bar without a crowd. But when a strange new house band takes the stage, the hippies roll in and the good ole boys find their way back. Told in a trio of voicesa guitarist chasing what may be his last shot at success; a bar owner trying to see a

suspicion is now directed at Sid

the one that's doomed her to be a spellbreaker

— The Washington Post

author of Natural History and Ship Fever • “Mix the wildness of fairy tales with horror

and when a beautiful

A Sapphic roller-coaster ride

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1982178582

Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London

reconnecting to my deepest roots in art

Father figures and lovers

and Iz lost everyone except Reuel

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