A review by anovelobsession
Bewilderness by Karen Tucker

5.0

Mesmerizing and heartbreaking are the first two adjectives I come up when I think about this book. Irene and Luce are trying to get by in small town North Carolina. At the beginning of the book they have been clean for almost a year and then a tragedy occurs that has their lives spinning out of control again. Told by Irene, the story weaves back and forth between the beginnings of their relationship, their clean time and what happens after. Beautifully written and very heartbreaking, opioid addiction is horrendous - what it can do to people, their relationships, their future, is devastating. I will be thinking about this book for a very long time. Highly Highly recommend.