Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2021 A TIME Magazine Must-Read Book of 2020 Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Award 2020 Deirdre Mask's book was just up my Strasse, alley, avenue and boulevard.' -Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type Fascinating ... intelligent but thoroughly accessible ... full of surprises' - Sunday Times When most people think about street addresses they think of parcel deliveries, or...
She hated this land and its men - big, crude, violent, reminding her more of animals than human beings. But she had no money, no future, and no choice except to belong. A saloon named Avalon seemed the worst place to start, but it was also the only place that would give her the chance. The fact that she could try surprised her. And the fact that she did too well almost destroyed her.