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Karen Tucker is the writer of the novel Bewilderness, published by Catapult Books.
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Karen Tucker is the author of the novel BEWILDERNESS...
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Karen Tucker is the author of the novel BEWILDERNESS (Catapult 2021), which was selected as an Indie Next Pick, longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, shortlisted for the Crook's Corner Book Prize, and chosen as a "Dazzling Debut" by the American Booksellers Association.
Told in a riveting dialogue between two girls’ addicted past and their hopes for a better future, Karen Tucker's "Bewilderness" is not just a brilliant, funny, heartbreaking novel about opioid...
Jun 1, 2021 · Karen Tucker. 3.85. 1,227 ratings196 reviews. Set in rural North Carolina, this funny, painful, and very wise novel follows two young women—best friends—as they struggle to free themselves from opioid addiction, perfect for readers of Julie Buntin's Marlena .
Karen Tucker is the author of the novel BEWILDERNESS (Catapult 2021), which was longlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, shortlisted for the Crook's Corner Book Prize, and selected as an Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association.
“Karen Tucker’s debut novel Bewilderness captures the relentless tug of addiction–to a person, to a substance, to a feeling–with wrenching honesty and insight. This fierce, heartbreaking story of female friendship and loss–narrated by the wise, sharply funny Irene–had me riveted from the first page.
Karen Tucker is a teaching assistant professor and a fiction writer at UNC Chapel Hill. She is the author of the novel BEWILDERNESS and has published short stories in various journals and anthologies.
