The Lost Queen of Crocker County: A Novel
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Lost Queen of Crocker County: A Novel
By (Author) Elizabeth Leiknes
Sourcebooks, Inc
Sourcebooks Landmark
10th July 2018
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Narrative theme: Sense of place
813.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 38mm
Description
Jane Willow may have moved to Los Angeles to become a famous film critic, but when a family tragedy prompts her return to Crocker County, Iowa, for the first time in eighteen years, she is forced to confront everything she left behindincluding her local fame for the 1993 Corn Queen crowning fiasco. Before Jane can escape her past a second time, disaster strikes, and she will have to find a way to right her mistakes and save herself from her regrets.
An unflinching love letter to the Midwest that unfolds through a celebration of movies, this ferociously endearing novel brings home the saving grace of second chances.
Reviews
"This heartwarming redemptive novel proves that you can indeed "go home again." ... What a charmer this book is! Highly recommended for female reading groups." - Nancy Simpson-Brice, Book Vault (Oskaloosa, IA)
"Elizabeth Leiknes writes her heroine with a wistful authority. The Lost Queen of Crocker County is a tale of the tenacity it takes to search one's soul and find forgiveness there and of the kind of grace that can only be found in your hometown." - Caroline Angell, author of All the Time in the World
"An unexpected modern fairy tale that will leave your head spinning." - Kaela Coble, author of Friends and Other Liars
"Leiknes' latest (after 2017's Black-Eyed Susan) takes the reader on an emotional roller-coaster ride, near tears at one moment and laughing out loud the next. Jane is a wisecracking character who grows emotionally over the course of the novel. A fairly open ending leaves room for a possible sequel. Recommended for fans of Jojo Moyes and Carol Rifka Brunt" - Booklist
Author Bio
ELIZABETH LEIKNES grew up in rural Iowa and can make thirty-seven dishes featuring corn. She received her master's in writing from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her previous two novels received Starred Reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist. She lives with her husband and children near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
