Trash Sex Magic

• Author: Jennifer Stevenson
• Publisher: Small Beer Press
• Year: 2004
• Setting: Rural Illinois
• Amazon Listing: Trash Sex Magic

Book Description

Raedawn Somershoe lives in a trailer on the banks of the Fox River. She likes men and men like her. It runs in the family: her mother, Gelia, can seduce a man just by walking across a road. When they set their sights on a man, something magical happens.

Alexander Caebeau drives a bucketloader for a construction company. He's lonely, homesick, tired of cutting down trees and putting up ugly buildings. He dreams of going back to the Bahamas, but when Alexander meets Raedawn Somershoe, something magical happens.

Raedawn has just lost her lover. Her mother is keeping secrets from her. Her childhood sweetheart has come home and is looking for answers. Riverfront developers want Rae and her family gone. She may just be falling in love with Alexander Caebeau. And the Fox River is beginning to rise....Something magical is about to happen.

Reviews

• "Deeply charming, and its best scenes lodge in the reader's memory." (The Washington Post)
• "Filled with oddly bent characters, lovingly detailed descriptions of the Illinois countryside, and just the right amount of magic, Stevenson's first novel is at once sexy, beautifully written and passing strange." (Publisher's Weekly)
• "Vivid, strange, pulsing with life, this is an unforgettable debut by a promising author." (Patricia Monaghan, American Library Association; Booklist)
• "Trash Sex Magic can sweep you up and leave up dazzled, miles from home." (Locus)