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The Crucible meets True Grit in this riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West.In the year of our Lord 1894, I became an outlaw. The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches, her survival depends on leaving behind everything she knows. She joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang, a band of outlaws led by a preacher-turned-robber known to all as the Kid. Charismatic, grandiose, and mercurial, the Kid is determined to create a safe haven for outcast women.
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I'm a journalist and a novelist. My journalistic work currently focuses on reproductive health and the politics thereof. I'm the author of three novels, Outlawed (forthcoming in 2021) , America Pacifica and The Life and Death of Sophie Stark. I'm also a senior reporter at Vox. Previously, I was a writer and editor at the New York Times, Salon, BuzzFeed and Jezebel. I graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 2009. I grew up in Los Angeles and now I live in Brooklyn.
