The Lost Queen of Crocker County

A Novel

Elizabeth Leiknes

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Sourcebooks Landmark
10 July 2018

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction: special features

There's no place like home-especially when home is Crocker County, Iowa

Crocker County crowns a new Corn Queen every year, but Jane Willow's the one you would remember. She can't forget Iowa, either. Even though she fled to LA to become a film critic years ago, home was always there behind her.

But when a family tragedy happens, she's forced to drive back to Crocker County. The rolling farmlands can't much hide the things she left behind- the best friend she abandoned who now runs a meatloaf hotline, the childhood front porch that sits hauntingly empty, and that fiasco of a Corn Fest that spun her life in a different direction.

Before Jane can escape her past a second time, disaster strikes, and she will have to find a way to right her mistakes and save herself from her regrets. An unflinchingly love letter to the Midwest that unfolds through a celebration of movies, this ferociously endearing novel brings home the saving grace of second chances.

By: Elizabeth Leiknes
Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 38mm
ISBN: 9781492663799
ISBN 10: 1492663794
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 10 July 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ELIZABETH LEIKNES grew up in rural Iowa and can make thirty-seven dishes featuring corn. She received her master's in writing from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her previous two novels received Starred Reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Booklist. She lives with her husband and children near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Reviews for The Lost Queen of Crocker County: A Novel

An unexpected modern fairy tale that will leave your head spinning. - Kaela Coble, author of Friends and Other Liars Elizabeth Leiknes writes her heroine with a wistful authority. The Lost Queen of Crocker County is a tale of the tenacity it takes to search one's soul and find forgiveness there - and of the kind of grace that can only be found in your hometown. - Caroline Angell, author of All the Time in the World This heartwarming redemptive novel proves that you can indeed go home again. ... What a charmer this book is! Highly recommended for female reading groups. - Nancy Simpson-Brice, Book Vault (Oskaloosa, IA)