About this ebook
Shawna Reynolds, a young Ojibwa woman who doesn’t much care for white people to begin with, and who is quickly being pulled in a direction she may no longer have a desire to resist;
Kay O’Brien, Shawna’s 64-year-old, usually drunk, neighbor who is still grieving the loss of her husband;
And Kay’s son, Douglas, who now finds himself in charge of running the family’s auto repair shop while dealing with his own feelings of guilt.
JERKWATER is a story about the racial tensions churning just beneath the surface of what often appears to be placid, everyday American life.
About the author
Jamie Zerndt is the author of The Cloud Seeders, The Korean Word For Butterfly, and The Roadrunner Café. His short story "This Jerkwater Life" was recently chosen as an Editor's Pick in Amazon's Kindle Singles store. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his son.
