Route 12

Route 12 is two haunting novellas set in Appalachia in the seventies and eighties. These are stories of people down on their luck-a girl crippled by a bad dose of polio vaccine a young pregnant woman with no one to turn to a mother desperate for cash who makes a terrible mistake. In this debut book from Marietta Miles Gods country is as corrupt as any place on earth and trusting anyone is a dangerous proposition. Praise for ROUTE 12: Miles rolls on instinct infused with raw talent utilizing a palate of emotion to repaint what we thought was Southern noir turning it into something new something poignant something entirely hers. -Tom Pitts author of Hustle and Knuckleball