COMPOUND FRACTURE is a book about Appalachian history and blood feuds. While it isn’t as gory as my other work, there are still topics that may be difficult for some readers. These include:
- Graphic violence, with a focus on politically motivated, cyclical feud violence involving law enforcement and/or children
- Queerphobia and transphobia: deadnaming, misgendering, family conflict regarding trans identity (resolved), internalized queerphobia from a character on the aromantic spectrum (resolved)
- Opioid dependency and its effects on family; main character uses opioids after surgery and undergoes withdrawal after quitting without medical supervision
- Physical force and emotional manipulation by intimate partner
- Animal harm (butchering deer, off-page revenge killing of a dog)
- Discussions of ableism, including internalized ableism; brief mention of disfiguremisia
- Emetophobia (vomiting) warning
The dog named Lady is fine, I promise.