Margo Orlando Littell Books

This author draws inspiration from her native southwestern Pennsylvania, a place marked by a past of coal-and-coke wealth now juxtaposed with poverty and decaying structures. Her fiction centers on characters deeply rooted to their homes, individuals who, even when they depart, remain tethered by an irresistible pull. She explores the inner lives of her characters and their quiet, unexpected struggles, reflecting her own fascination with minutiae and odd finds. Her style is deeply observational, capturing the melancholic spirit of a place that persistently shapes her creative vision.

The Distance From Four Points
224 pages
8 hours of reading
Soon after her husband's tragic death, Robin Besher makes a startling discovery: He had recklessly blown through their entire savings on decrepit rentals in Four Points, the Appalachian town Robin grew up in. Forced to return after decades, Robin and her daughter, Haley, set out to renovate the properties as quickly as possible--before anyone exposes Robin's secret past as a teenage prostitute. Disaster strikes when Haley befriends a troubled teen mother, hurling Robin back into a past she'd worked so hard to escape. Robin must reshape her idea of home or risk repeating her greatest mistakes

The Distance From Four Points