The Sister Year

About the Book

An intoxicating first novel that traces the destructive path of Dana Mesker, a teenager on the run from authorities after killing her younger brother. The Sister Year pulls its readers into an underworld of criminal and political deviants -- from the floors of Canadian riverboat casinos to the bunkers of a Michigan cult -- as a cast of forgotten children search for their salvation and attempt to understand their place in America.

About the Author

Käthe Spiro-Bentzel lives and writes in Philadelphia.