Moxie

"Poppe's writing is brisk, raw, and unflinching, and she does not attempt to romanticize her heroine, a profane drunk drowning in self-pity and self-recrimination for her part in the accident that cost her everything." —Booklist "Moxie gives the reader a bold and unapologetic narrator with a voice that cuts like the twang of an electric guitar. In the music of Moxie, Jax, and the reader, may find entertainment, but also a sliver of salvation." —American Book Review "Sentence fragments litter Moxie as a kind of linguistic shrapnel, accompanied by sharp, descriptive moments that leave the reader off-kilter as Jax goes about her day...Poppe has a deft hand with crude language and body horror and twists these moments into graceful linguistic play..."--The Massachusetts Review "Poppe pairs elements of her personal experience with the experiences of others, alongside vital occurrences in society, and gives way to a novel that will make you laugh, cry, and grimace throughout its pages." -The Matador Review "Moxie is an indie press book that deserves as much attention as it can get. It's smart, fierce, funny, and eventually, ever so slightly uplifting." — Read Her Like an Open Book Jax, a magazine model, has had half her face destroyed in a bomb blast. Drowning in whiskey and self-loathing, she must rebuild her life now that her beauty is gone. Part love letter to New York, part social justice commentary, Moxie is a timely and raw portrayal of the sometimes self-destructive search for identity and redemption.