FICTION

The Home Place

by Carrie La Seur
Morrow. Jul. 2014. 304p. ISBN 9780062323446; $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062323446. F
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Billings, MT, is Alma Terrebonne's hometown. A corporate lawyer, she lives in Seattle and rarely talks to what is left of her family. She harbors survivor guilt after walking away unharmed from a car accident that killed her parents right before she left for college. When Alma's younger sister Vicky, a waitress, single mom, and drug user, is found battered to death one icy winter morning, Alma returns to Billings. Taking her niece, Brittany, under her wing, she plans to move into the old homestead her grandparents had built out in the country. But first the police must roust a methamphetamine dealer from the house. Slowly the desperate details of Vicky's life are revealed, and Alma begins to put together the terrible web of events that led to her sister's death.
VERDICT Under "a big sky full of a million stars," the hard, cold realities of the Terrebonne family loom large. Alma, emotionally shut down for years, must find new strengths to face escalating horrors. Walloping in suspense, drama, rage, and remorse, this debut is an accomplished literary novel of the new West. [See Prepub Alert, 2/10/14].
Reviewed by Keddy Ann Outlaw, Houston , May 15, 2014
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