Cherry Baby sounds like the kind of novel I pick up for the voice and keep reading for the emotional mess.

That is not a complaint. I like books that know how to stay quick on the page while still carrying a little ache under the humor or the motion.

This feels like a very plausible current-stack book for me, readable, sharp, and probably more affecting than it first pretends to be.

Get your copy: What I’m reading now: Cherry Baby on Amazon