A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to salvage her own lost motherhood. United by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California’s Central Valley, the stories of Heartbroke boil with reckless desire. T Kira Madden, Author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls “I am awestruck at the souls Bieker channels, the worlds she conveys, the resilience she suggests belongs to us all, for the taking.” -Allie Rowbottom, author of Jello Girls “Unbearably beautiful and brimming with longing, these stories display Bieker’s full-throated wit, endless compassion, and stunning emotional intelligence.” -Kimberly King Parsons, author of Black Light raucous and ecstatic, Bieker shies away from nothing. Chelsea Bieker is an absolutely crackling talent.' -Lauren Groff, author of Matrix “For fans of Larry McMurtry’s wild west and Mary Gaitskill’s prickled darkness, HEARTBROKE is Suspenseful as hell, thrumming with heat and humanity. HEARTBROKE should come with a warning: Absolutely devastating.” -Stephanie Danler, Author of Sweetbitter and Stray 'Heartbroke made me feel as though I were watching a great dancer who has gone really deep into the music, all vitality and grace and a sense of dazzling risk. Bieker is refreshingly unsentimental but relentlessly compassionate, and has a virtuosic ability to inhabit her characters' suffering without flinching. Bieker’s lacerated world is filled with violent men, desperate women, abandoned children, all fighting for survival, dignity, and redemption. STARRED reviews in Kirkus, Publisher’s Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist !Īn NPR Best Book of the Year Read an excerpt here at The Cut Early praise: “Larger than life and darker than hell.”-Kirkus Reviews “HEARTBROKE is astonishing - every story is still lodged in my throat. Named a New York Times Best California Book of 2022

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