Come Again

Come Again by Nate Powell, 272 pages

It's the late 1970s and a small community in the Ozarks is still clinging to the last gasps of the Love Generation. A close-knit community like Haven Station is a hard place to keep secrets, but a couple of families have managed to do so for several years and only the disappearance of a child can make that secret unravel. Fresh on the heels of winning the National Book Award (with John Lewis for March), Powell presents a twisty tale that ties together secrets, longing, community, difficult choices, and monsters that seem most real when discussed around a campfire. It's a haunting tale, beautifully told.