Hair of a Fallen Angel

<p><strong>Meet Janelle a girl with flame-red hair and singing chops who rides an old Schwinn lives in a ramshackle house with a mosquito problem and takes up with the crocodile brawler Stevie-J and his magenta Corvette. It's a high stakes twosome for a girl who cuts toenails in a barber shop and sees herself as invisible as corn waiting to be shucked from the husk. Tepper's alluringly visceral prose engages the reader's senses-the heat and honeysuckle the stickiness of waffles topped with ice cream. Ready for a date with destiny shinier than a karaoke bar Tepper's Janelle the girl who never thought big is a joyous creature whose light illuminates the novel's darker corners.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>