Come Round Right

New from Alan Govenar, Come Round Right is a deeply personal novel and apaean to a pivotal moment in American history-when the Vietnam War wasraging, and the idealism of the 1960s was losing ground to frustration, anger, andviolence. Spring, 1971. Eighteen-year-old Aaron Berg is hitchhiking for his life, trying to come toterms with the sexual assault he and his new girlfriend survived in Canada five monthsearlier. Determined to reclaim his faith in humanity, Aaron's harrowing journey throughAppalachia reveals newfound joys and an unexpected truth that changes his life. Lyrical and poetic, juxtaposing Shaker melodies with a twangy sound and a heavypercussive beat, Come Round Right is at once a moving reckoning with the author'sown trauma and an expansive novel that speaks to the most pressing issues of ourtime.