The Junk Lottery

When suicide threatens to shatter Alma McCallum's life, she takes a chainsaw to her late husband's despised henhouse. But it's only when she unlocks the basement where Mack took his life that Alma begins to discover the secrets of the junk he stashed there.

Alma must face down the oppressive control Mack maintains even after his death in order to reclaim her life, and uncover and articulate her desires. Her runaway daughter reappears. Her best friend betrays her. The men in her life throw her off course. But Alma will not be defeated.

"Mickey Getty's The Junk Lottery takes us through a suicide in order to bring us more squarely back into life. Getty's prose is as earthy, pungent and redolent of a midsummer's night as her protagonist Alma. ... Equal parts harrowing and tender, this novel is a treatise for the wise. If you're not wise, it will certainly help you get that way."

--Johnny Payne, author of Kentuckiana and North of Patagonia

"Like Anne Tyler, Getty creates her characters from the inside-out, molding them so readers feel intrinsically connected to them. A literary page turner."

--Diane Durritt, author of In Confidence

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232 pages * First edition

ISBN 978-1-59092-184-5 * SRP $14.99

5.5 x 8.5 trade paperback

Cover art by Mickey Getty

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