Spanning four generations of Cherokee women, Crooked Hallelujah is a powerful debut about resilience, love, and the unyielding bond between mothers and daughters.
In 1974 Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Justine struggles to navigate her fractured family, devout mother, and the fierce matriarchs who raised her. But when violence shatters what little stability she’s known, Justine carves a new path—one that leads her and her daughter, Reney, across the Red River to Texas during the 1980s oil bust.
There, amid economic hardship, unreliable men, and unrelenting natural disasters, Reney fights to understand her heritage and her place in a world that keeps pushing her family to the margins.
Kelli Jo Ford’s Crooked Hallelujah is a sweeping, lyrical exploration of faith, identity, and the strength it takes to keep hold of home.
