It is 1883, and all of Klara Bozic s girlish dreams have come crashing down as she arrives in Thirsty, a gritty steel town carved into the slopes above the Monongahela River just outside of Pittsburgh. She has made a heartbreaking discovery. Her new husband Drago is as abusive as the father she left behind in Croatia. In Kristin Bair O Keeffe s debut novel, Klara s life unfolds over forty years as she struggles to find her place in a new country where her survival depends on the friends who nurture her: gutsy, funny Katherine Zupanovic, who isn t afraid of Drago s fist; BenJo, the only...
It is 1883, and all of Klara Bozic s girlish dreams have come crashing down as she arrives in Thirsty, a gritty steel town carved into the slopes abov...