Gun Love by Jennifer Clement

The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl’s resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen

Pearl’s mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter–in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their ’94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back.