The Awakening

In this "urgently relevant novel," award winning author Billy McCoy returns with an unforgettable, heartbreaking story about a young idealist, caught in the convulsive sweep of social upheaval, The Awakening transport readers through the narrator's personal odyssey into the fundamental question of how to live. Holly's relationship with her dad leads to a powerful self-reckoning, betrayal, and the possibility of redemption after a controversial urban protest.

"Ambitious and topical" KIRKUS

"Multifaceted and Compelling" MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW