Kentuckiana

Set in a decidedly postmodern subdivision in Appalachia, Kentuckiana focuses on the lives of the Miles family, an imaginary clan invented by a real-estate developer who is authoring a report on the neighborhoods he has created.

The travails of the deeply troubled but endearing Miles family—Jean and Constance and their children, Judy, Stephen, Elaine, Talia and Lynnette—are played out against the backdrop of early-1970s suburban Lexington, KY in this darkly funny, moving second novel from the author of Chalk Lake. Both generations recount their brushes with divorce, addiction and domestic violence through a series of chapter-long monologues.