At the edge of a roadside trailer park in Florida, fourteen-year-old Pearl France and her mother Margot live in a broken-down Mercury Topaz. Her neighbours are the only family Pearl has ever known. Guns are everywhere in this world and the threat of violence is always looming. A fairy tale of survival at the sharp edge of the American dream and its love affair with firearms. The new novel from the author of "Prayers for the Stolen".