Sweeping Up Glass

Olivia Harker grew up in Depression-era Kentucky. Ignored by her own mother, her black neighbours became her friends and playmates; their parents her guardian angels.

Now, she runs a ramshackle grocery store with her beloved grandson and her difficult widowed mother. But Olivia has no idea of the long shadow cast by events of her childhood. When she finally becomes party to a decades-old mystery, she must get to grips with past betrayals before fighting to save her family, her community and her life.

“'This is real storytelling, fresh, plain-speaking but utterly absorbing' Irish Examiner.”

Irish Examiner
'Rich in atmosphere and tense as a wolf's tail, this is a chilling, enchanting and sometimes heartbreaking novel' Sunday Business Post. Sunday Business Post
'Carolyn Wall is a brilliant storyteller and this book is a wonderful read' O, The Oprah Magazine. Oprah Magazine

Carolyn Wall served as the Fiction Editor for Byline Magazine, the award-winning publication of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. In 1997 she was awarded the Creme-de-la-Creme award from the Oklahoma Writers' Federation for her young adult short story, With this Kiss Wally Fishkin. She is now a full-time freelance writer and lecturer and lives with her husband in Oklahoma City.

Olivia Harker grew up in 1930s Kentucky during a time of racial segregation. The spirited daughter of an adored father and a difficult mother, she shocked the locals by choosing the children of her black neighbours as friends and playmates. Now Olivia runs a ramshackle grocery store with her beloved grandson and her increasingly wayward mother. She has little idea of the long shadow cast by events of her childhood, until she stumbles on a forty-year-old mystery that rewrites her life. As long-buried secrets explode along the valley, Olivia must come to terms with past betrayals if she is to gain a second chance at love, redemption, and long-overdue justice.

Olivia Harker grew up in Depression-era Kentucky. Ignored by her own mother, her black neighbours became her friends and playmates; their parents her guardian angels. Now, she runs a ramshackle grocery store with her beloved grandson and her difficult widowed mother. But Olivia has no idea of the long shadow cast by events of her childhood. When she finally becomes party to a decades-old mystery, she must get to grips with past betrayals before fighting to save her family, her community and her life.

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