Sweeping up Glass

Olivia Harker Cross owns a mountain - or thinks she does - in Pope County, Kentucky, a land where wolves howl at night. But now someone is killing the wolves of Big Foley Mountain, and Olivia is beginning to realize how much of her own bitter history she has never understood - her mother's madness or her daughter's flight to California leaving her to raise Will’m her beloved grandson. But most of all, Olivia doesn't understand her town's rage, for Olivia has very real and...
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Olivia Harker Cross owns a mountain - or thinks she does - in Pope County, Kentucky, a land where wolves howl at night. But now someone is killing the wolves of Big Foley Mountain, and Olivia is beginning to realize how much of her own bitter history she has never understood - her mother's madness or her daughter's flight to California leaving her to raise Will’m her beloved grandson. But most of all, Olivia doesn't understand her town's rage, for Olivia has very real and dangerous enemies. Now this proud, lonely woman will face her mother and daughter, her neighbors, and the wolf hunters. And when she does, she'll ignite a conflict that will embroil an entire community - and change her life in the most astonishing ways.

"Haunting, lyrical, entirely absorbing, Sweeping Up Glass deserves a place on the shelf next to classics like True Grit and To Kill A Mockingbird." - O, the Oprah Magazine.

"The strong, fresh narrative voice pulls the reader in and doesn't let go." - Publishers Weekly, starred.

"The suspense is gripping, the danger is very real, and the reader gets caught up in Wall's powerful, moving debut." - Library Journal, starred