‘Come the first of December the chains will be broken for good’—Read an excerpt from a forthcoming novel by Karen Jennings

The JRB presents an exclusive excerpt from The First of December, a forthcoming novel by Karen Jennings. ~~~ Of the wreck nothing remained. There were only the waves, frothing under the southeaster that had blown for days on end. Clouds rushed across the sky, the sun coming and going, coming and going. By the time...