{"product_id":"freedoms-child-isbn-9780553446876","title":"Freedom's Child","description":"Freedom Oliver has plenty of secrets.  She lives in a small Oregon town and keeps mostly to herself.  Her few friends and neighbors know she works at the local biker bar; they know she gets arrested for public drunkenness almost every night; they know she’s brash, funny, and fearless.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat they don’t know is that Freedom Oliver is a fake name.  They don’t know that she was arrested for killing her husband, a cop, twenty years ago.  They don’t know she put her two kids up for adoption.  They don’t know that she’s now in witness protection, regretting ever making a deal with the Feds, and missing her children with a heartache so strong it makes her ill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, she learns that her daughter has gone missing, possibly kidnapped.  Determined to find out what happened, Freedom slips free of her handlers, gets on a motorcycle, and heads for Kentucky, where her daughter was raised.  As she ventures out on her own, no longer protected by the government, her troubled past comes roaring back at her: her husband’s vengeful, sadistic family; her brief, terrifying stint in prison; and the family she chose to adopt her kids who are keeping dangerous secrets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with a ferocious wit and a breakneck pace, \u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling, emotional portrait of a woman who risks everything to make amends for a past that haunts her still.“Everybody in Painter, Ore. knows Freedom Oliver, who makes a jaw-dropping entrance in Jax Miller’s first novel FREEDOM’S CHILD…there’s a reckless power to Miller’s untamed prose…she can toss off a bruising one-liner…or offer a vivid description of Freedom’s brain when she’s off her meds... And sometimes she’s just plain amazing.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Seldom has a literary creation bounced off the page with as much raw vitality as Freedom Oliver…one of the standout debuts of the year.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"It's fast, it's furious, it takes no prisoners.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Sunday Independent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[T]his chilling novel moves along so quickly it makes you dizzy. A compelling read but don’t expect to have a good night’s sleep afterwards.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautiful, boozy, unstable and lion-brave, Freedom ought to belong in a comic book, but comes blisteringly to life on the page.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTelegraph UK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Miller creates an intriguingly flawed heroine in Freedom…thrilling.” \u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hits like a beer bottle to the head…” \u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"...a propulsive, full-throttle tale of revenge and redemption.\"\u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003e The Irish Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"For fans of fast-paced reads, reckless characters, and noir, this thriller will be a hit.\" \u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Cadenced prose salted with descriptive magic.”\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e—Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eA powerful read from an impressive new voice…Visceral and brazen, Jax Miller’s debut is an engrossingly raw exposé of one woman’s reparation, knotted with storylines from the dirty underbelly of biker bars, Native American legends, religious cults and one shocking plot twist you’ll never see coming…You’ll read nothing like it!” \u003ci\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBookPage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“An unsettling, jarring thriller that'll have you tearing through chapters at page-ripping speed.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheShortlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A terrific read from a powerful new voice.” \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Karin Slaughter, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCop Town\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Original, compelling and seriously recommended.” \u003cb\u003e—Lee Child, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Child\u003c\/i\u003e is wildly imaginative, wholly unique, and utterly unapologetic.”\u003cb\u003e —Attica Locke, Edgar-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Water Rising\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePleasantville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A terrific modern noir. Think of a tough-as-nails, tattooed Mildred Pierce trying to do right in today’s corrupt and twisted world. It features a wild and terrifying cast of characters, including the roughest bunch of miscreants since Ma Barker propagated.” \u003cb\u003e—Ace Atkins, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Redeemers \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Robert B. Parker’s Kickback\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable novel that is as emotionally gripping as it is pulse-pounding. Equally heartbreaking and hard-boiled, Jax Miller has delivered a sensational debut novel.” \u003cb\u003e—Ivy Pochoda, author of \u003ci\u003eVisitation Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“A relentless and fiercely compelling debut. FREEDOM’S CHILD will hold you captive until the very last page.” \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eRichard Montanari, author of \u003ci\u003eDeviant Way\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Doll Maker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “In Freedom Oliver, Jax Miller has created a daring protagonist that is nothing as she first appears and everything you want her to be: brash, passionate, strong, vibrant and memorable. She deftly navigates religious cults, witness protection, and internal demons all the way through to a surprising, thrilling end.  \u003ci\u003eFreedom’s Child\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning tale of redemption that explores the complicated, intertwined bonds of motherhood and justice.” \u003cb\u003e—Elizabeth L. Silver, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Execution of Noa P. 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