Hell of a Book by Jason Mott-Used Kim van Alkemade bringing old heartbreaks into sharper

bringing old heartbreaks into sharper focus

Val receives word that Eloise has passed away

It takes over your body so completely

This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them

and greed—and that soon it will lead to murder

Hell of a Book by Jason Mott-Used Kim van Alkemade bringing old heartbreaks into sharperIn Hell of a Book, an African American author sets out on a cross country book tour to promote his bestselling novel. That storyline drives Jason Mott's novel and is the scaffolding of something much larger and more urgent: since his novel also tells the story of Soot, a young Black boy living in a rural town in the recent past, and The Kid, a possibly imaginary child who appears to the author on his tour. Throughout, these characters' stories build