Bewilderness

De: Karen Tucker

Narrado por: Brittany Pressley

Set in rural, poverty-stricken North Carolina, this “beautiful, gritty, and piercing” novel follows two young women - best friends - as they “journey through the highs and lows of friendship, love, and addiction”, perfect for fans of Julie Buntin’s Marlena (Erika Carter, author of Lucky You).

Irene, a lonely 19-year-old in rural North Carolina, works long nights at the local pool hall, serving pitchers and dodging drunks. One evening, her hilarious, magnetic coworker Luce invites her on a joyride through the mountains to take revenge on a particularly creepy customer. Their adventure not only spells the beginning of a dazzling friendship, it seduces both girls into the mysterious world of pills and the endless hustles needed to fund the next high.

Together, Irene and Luce run nickel-tossing scams at the county fair and trick dealers into trading legit pharms for birth-control pills. Everything is wild and wonderful until Luce finds a boyfriend who wants to help her get clean. Soon the two of them decide to move away and start a new, sober life in Florida - leaving Irene behind.

Told in a riveting dialogue between the girls’ addicted past and their hopes for a better future, Bewilderness is not just a brilliant, funny, heartbreaking novel about opioid abuse, it’s also a moving look at how intense, intimate friendships can shape every young woman’s life.

©2021 Karen Tucker (P)2021 Random House Audio

Beautiful story of friendship and love

This read like a love story about friends, it was really beautiful both in sentiment and in language. Probably more relatable if you have a recovery background, as I do. I rarely revisit books but I think I'll be reading this again. Not enough books deal with the depth of female friendships, and so well. Loved this book! Great narration too.

I couldn't put it down.

I was intrigued initially by the summary and thought i would listen off and on, but once I started, I couldn't stop listening. Humanizes the struggles of the opoid epidemic and general drug problems in this country. All that aside, this is a great story with relatable and developed characters. A story that draws you in, pleasant narration, and an overall 5-star experience. would recommend.

I was wowed.

Bewilderness is a beautiful and haunting story of codependency. I am not or ever have been an opioid user yet this book drew me into that world with a sense of compassion that I have not seen portrayed elsewhere. It’s a story about friendship, choices and soul dragging consequences. I wrapped my heart around the characters in this book, and they still play in my mind. Touching and gritty, this is a must read.

will make you cry!!

this book is packed to the gills with beautiful moments and tragedies as well. Absolutely amazing.