Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for providing a free audio-arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a very frustrating but amazing book. The story takes place in the 1960s with the main character Genevieve, who has a unique personality and talks to ghosts. She's traveling around the south with a circus escaping issues from her past and meets a Vietnam vet also struggling with his past, and he takes her into his home to provide a place of safety.

She then meets a family whose father is a preacher, and we find that the family has been suffering abuse at the hands of the preacher. The book is written so well. It reminded me in a way of Where the Crawdads Sing. The author combined the magical realism of the ghosts well with the story, and the abuse that these poor characters endure throughout the story elicit such a strong response you feel for them and want to get justice for them.

I definitely recommend this book. It came out on March 25th, so add it to your April TBR if you're in for an emotional ride!

Wow can't believe all of that was in there without any warnings.

Other than the abuse. It was a very interesting story