Books like Delicious foods by James Hannaham
Darlene, once a devoted wife and mother of twelve‑year‑old Eddie, loses her husband and, unable to recover, turns to drugs. The addiction spirals when she disappears without a trace. Eddie learns she has been trapped by a company named Delicious Foods, which offers her a fake job and takes her to a far‑off farm where she is forced into hard labor to pay for food, lodging, and the drugs that sustain her and other captive workers. As Darlene struggles to reunite with her son, the story chronicles the bond between mother and child against a backdrop of forced labor and addiction. The novel examines themes of love, freedom, forgiveness, and survival.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: James Hannaham
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