Debut Novel Takes Inspiration From Life In A Rural Underworld




The State of Things show

Summary: Note: this program is a rebroadcast. For a number of years, there was one particular image that continued to haunt Travis Mulhauser: a young girl in a hooded sweatshirt who comes across an abandoned baby. He eventually decided to let his imagination play out her story, and it resulted in his debut novel “Sweetgirl” (Harper Collins/2016). The book follows 16-year-old Percy James, whose search for her mother in the dead of winter takes her on an unexpected journey.Host Frank Stasio talks with