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Valley High, Mountain Low
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General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.99
ISBN13: 9780982169056
Publisher: Lightscapes Publishing
Published: Jul 24 2026
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A microcosm of contemporary America... Astute novel. -BookLife Reviews
She'd spent her life becoming the woman she thought she should be. Now she has to discover who she actually is.
Mariella seemed to have it all: a high-powered Silicon Valley career, a handsome husband, and a life that looked enviable from the outside. But beneath the glamorous surface lay a crushing, private grief. When the weight of that heartbreak finally shatters her world, she walks away from her marriage, her career, and everything she once believed defined her.
Seeking sanctuary and a place to breathe, she returns to her childhood home in Colorado. But instead of quiet peace, she finds her family unraveling. Her mother has fallen into the gripping web of QAnon conspiracy theories, while her teenage nieces are disappearing into the toxic world of online thinspo culture.
And Mariella must confront an uncomfortable truth: the algorithms fracturing the people she loves are the very ones she spent her techstar career promoting. They are no longer abstract data points. They are deeply personal.
We thought we were connecting the world... But we forgot to connect families at the dinner table.
As the truth comes into focus, Mariella must confront everything she's spent a lifetime avoiding: profound grief, generational divides, and the heavy cost of staying silent.
Amidst the chaos, an unexpected reunion with a childhood friend who once secretly adored her-and still does-brings warmth, laughter, and the tantalizing possibility of a second chance at love.
But reinventing yourself at forty turns out to be considerably messier than Mariella imagined. Between family dysfunction, uncomfortable truths, and life's spectacularly bad timing, she's discovering that starting over isn't for the faint of heart. Or anyone particularly attached to their sanity.
Darkly funny, audacious, and deeply human, Valley High, Mountain Low is a story of grief, forgiveness, unexpected love, and one woman's determination to build a life that's finally, gloriously her own.
What Crawford does best is intuit the perspective of a woman on a deeply emotional, challenging journey... Mar's voice is distinctive and relatable. -BookLife Prize
Perfect for readers who love:
- Upmarket contemporary fiction with deep emotional weight and resilience.
- Complex family dramas exploring modern political divides and healing.
- Unexpected romance, complicated relationships, and second chances that don't always unfold as expected.
- Authors like Jodi Picoult and Celeste Ng.
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