Indian Bingo — David Williams

Darkly comic and emotionally ripe, this book weaves the parallel narratives of an extended family set in the rustic Ozark Mountains. From firm superstition to mid-life crises, these memorable stories--with their long journeys and deep longings--unfold on every page. The characters confront their own entrenched beliefs when asked to make difficult choices, allowing for turning points, second chances, and transfored lives. And the one thing that inextricably lins them all is that old pastime of letters and numbers: Bingo, a comforting community ritual that shows our capacity for optimism and our hope that better days are yet to come.