margo orlando littell
The Distance from Four Points
Soon after her husband's tragic death, Robin Besher makes a startling discovery: He had recklessly blown through their entire savings on decrepit rentals in Four Points, the Appalachian town Robin grew up in. Forced to return after decades, Robin and her daughter, Haley, set out to renovate the properties as quickly as possible―before anyone exposes Robin's secret past as a teenage prostitute. Disaster strikes when Haley befriends a troubled teen mother, hurling Robin back into a past she'd worked so hard to escape. Robin must reshape her idea of home or risk repeating her greatest mistakes. Margo Orlando Littell, author of Each Vagabond by Name, tells an enthralling and nuanced story about family, womanhood, and coming to terms with a left-behind past.
Winner, GOLD MEDAL, Mid-Atlantic Fiction, 2021 IPPY Awards
Finalist, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award
Praise for The Distance from Four Points:
"Tough women rise up and take back their lives—this is a story for today, and Robin Besher is a new kind of hero. How she survives is so inspiring that you'll stay up all night to finish this book and never forget Robin’s triumphant reconciliation with her past and present in Four Points." --Jonis Agee, author of The Bones of Paradise
"Margo Orlando Littell brilliantly captures a woman thrust after her husband's death into a life that feels utterly impossible. This is an eye-opener of a book, brutal and tender at the same time." --Ursula DeYoung, author of Shorecliff
"Tough women rise up and take back their lives—this is a story for today, and Robin Besher is a new kind of hero. How she survives is so inspiring that you'll stay up all night to finish this book and never forget Robin’s triumphant reconciliation with her past and present in Four Points." --Jonis Agee, author of The Bones of Paradise
"Margo Orlando Littell brilliantly captures a woman thrust after her husband's death into a life that feels utterly impossible. This is an eye-opener of a book, brutal and tender at the same time." --Ursula DeYoung, author of Shorecliff
Each Vagabond by Name
When a group of traveling people descends on the sleepy town of Shelk, Pennsylvania, Zaccariah Ramsy, owner of the local bar, finds himself drawn into their world after a hungry man turns up on his doorstep. Meanwhile, Stella Vale, Ramsy's former love, believes that her long-lost daughter might be among those who begin to rob townspeople's homes. As tensions between Shelk residents and the newcomers rise, Stella and Ramsy must decide whether they will remain isolated from the world around them--or reach for a life of new possibilities. A piercing tale of isolation, redemption, and belonging, Each Vagabond by Name is a powerful exploration of loss by a commanding new literary voice.
Winner, GOLD MEDAL, Mid-Atlantic Fiction, 2017 IPPY Awards
Winner, University of New Orleans Publishing Lab Prize
Long-Listed for the 2017 Tournament of Books
