The Moonshine Women

For readers of Jeannette Walls,Robert Goolrickand Sue Monk Kiddthree sisters take over their father’s Ozark Mountains moonshine business in an evocativeProhibition-era story of reinventionsisterhoodrevengeand the alchemy of love from the USA Today bestselling author of The Flower Sisters. From a well-camouflaged still in the moonshine-slicked mountains of Prohibition-era Missourito the drink order of a Hot Springs gangsterand even the hidden depths of her own hearta Strong woman knows how to keep a secret… Every batch of Strong moonshine has its own special flavorthanks to the secret ingredients that matriarch Lidy Strong adds to the barrels of fermenting corn mash. Whether a bucketful of golden peachesa ripe melon or juicyjewel-toned berriesthat extra “something something” is what makes the Strong “shine” so prized—and allows the family to survive after crop prices plummeted in the wake of the Great War. Each of the Strong sisterstoois distinct. The stoic and steadfast eldestRebeccafinds more comfort in nature than with people…until she finds a new home in the love she discovers for the woman who restores her health after a near-devastating accident. Middle sister Elsie is kindbeautiful—and itching for a life more thrilling than the farm can offer. And Jacethe bold and wild-hearted youngestis known far and wide as “Shine” a name that suits her fiery personality and flaming red hair as much as her innate skill with a still. Their fatherHiramhas been drowning himself in grief and liquor ever since his wife died. But the moonshine business is unforgivingespecially with Prohibition agents turning up in every creek and holler. When tragedy strikesit falls to the Strong women to keep the still runningthe family togetherand hope burning on the horizon. From the Ozark mountains edged in oak and pineto the outlaw paradise of Hot SpringsArkansas—where gangsters like Al Capone line the bar at the Southern Club—the sisters’ quests for vengeancehealingand love will drive them forwardin search of a future as transformative and powerful as the purest Strong moonshine.