Ordinary towns so often produce ordinary people. So, when a dazzling beauty with an angelic allure and brilliant copper curls breezes into the once-thriving steel town of Danton, Pennsylvania driving a flashy red Camero and catching the attention of the married head of sales at the small-town newspaper, how does the community react? How does a young son deal with his own enchantment of the voluptuous out-of-towner? And how does one family survive the destruction of a once solid foundation? In her debut novel, Patricia Vido invites readers into the life of young Finn Maguire as he wrestles with his awakening desires “For Love of Billie.”
Readers are led through the nuances of the everyday to an ultimate and profound sense of wonder— do we indeed hold our own compass? Are we capable of setting our own course? This poignant first novel by a resourceful and daring writer confidently pulls back the curtain of small-town life to reveal there is so much more to be found in the ordinary.