Howling Women - by Shelby Hinte (Paperback)

About the Book

A metafictional confessional about violence, female rage, sex, addiction, and the lengths one woman goes to rewrite a history she never consented to.

Book Synopsis

Sabine Haegan has spent a lifetime desperate to escape her violent past. But when her life in California falls apart, she returns to New Mexico, the state she abandoned more than a decade prior. Searching for salvation in the desert, she meets Howling Woman, a woman who has never surrendered to the brutality of men. Under the spell of the summer sun, a mysterious vortex, and the enigmatic air of Howling Woman, Sabine spirals toward the center of what has haunted her all these years, and a single act of violence unearths everything she's tried to bury. Now, out on bail and awaiting trial, Sabine feverishly attempts to set the record straight about the man she's shot and the choices she's made.

Howling Women is a metafictional confessional about violence, female rage, sex, addiction, and the lengths one woman goes to rewrite a history she never consented to.

Review Quotes

"In Howling Women, the past doesn't die on its own, it has to be hunted down. A confessional written in an exacting, explosive, and at times darkly funny voice vibrating with rage and redemption. Hinte has concocted a fearless, cunning, and honest to the core novel that will sit on my shelf next to Animal by Lisa Taddeo and Cruddy by Lynda Barry. A remarkable, voicey, and unforgettable debut. A knockout." - Chelsea Bieker, author of Godshot & Madwoman

"Feverish and full of grace, Shelby Hinte's Howling Women howls with wild spirit, deep longing, and even deeper truths; a wrenching must-read for anyone on the verge, the lamb, the hunt for self-knowledge and self-salvation." - Allie Rowbottom, author of Aesthetica & Jell-O Girls

"Shelby Hinte channels the otherworldly landscape of New Mexico in this heartbreaking tale of magnetism, identity, and new beginnings. In prose as fiery and evocative as the stories of Lucia Berlin or the skulls of Georgia O'Keeffe, Hinte writes of broken people starting over in an inhospitable world. Howling Women is a haunted confession that asks us what it means to be understood, to be human, and ultimately to be saved." - Kevin Maloney, author of The Red-Headed Pilgrim

"Howling Women is a daring and gripping story of desire, rage, and the things we keep invisible-this book is a vortex. In this stellar debut, Shelby Hinte writes with precision, a sense of adventure, and a hint of film noir." - Chelsea Hodson, author of Tonight I'm Someone Else

"Shelby Hinte leans into chaos with the best of them. She's at the bar, tapping beer cans with Dostoevsky to her left, Jim Thompson to her right. Howling Women is a lightning bolt of a debut." - Bud Smith, author of Teenager

"Shelby Hinte's Howling Woman is a haunting descent into the darkness of self-loathing and destruction." - Jenny Dont