Bernadette Bauer

When wannabe rebel Nomi swipes a stack of cash from her ex-Mafia-turned-actor landlord, she and her lazy sidekick Maura hit the road for Mexico. But when their getaway car dies in the wrong Mexico—Mexico, Indiana—their “big escape” spirals into small-town mayhem, awkward locals, and one landlord with unfinished business.

When her mother is murdered by her father, Julie Ann Mabry is confronted by a life of hardship and poverty. Taken in by her Evangelical relatives, she begins to adopt new convictions in an effort to reconnect with her mother. Slowly, the threads of her new life begin to unravel and Julie Ann is sent to prison. It is there she finds the freedom and community she had sought so long, yet it does not come without a price.