TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tucker,Karen
TI  - Bewilderness: a novel 
SN  - 9781646220243
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Catapult
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Opioid abuse
KW  - Self-actualization (Psychology)
KW  - Country life
KW  - North Carolina
KW  - Novels
KW  - lcgft
N2  - A lonely nineteen-year-old working at a local pool hall accepts an invitation from her charismatic coworker to take revenge on a creepy customer, leading to an amazing friendship but also an introduction to pills and hustling to maintain the high; Rural North Carolina. Irene works long nights at the local pool hall, serving pitchers and dodging drunks. One evening magnetic coworker Luce invites her on a joy ride through the mountains to take revenge on a particularly creepy customer. Their adventure seduces both girls into the mysterious world of pills and the endless hustles needed to fund the next high. They run nickel-tossing scams at the county fair and trick dealers into trading legit pharms for birth-control pills. When Luce finds a boyfriend who wants to help her get clean, they decide to move away and start a new, sober life in Florida-- leaving Irene behind. -- adapted from jacket
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