Publisher's Synopsis
Thirty-one year-old Ellie Moon goes on a three-week road trip with her estranged father, Tiny, conman and famous gambler. They follow the Mississippi River from St. Louis down to New Orleans, while being chased by a crazed Kentucky sheriff hell-bent on revenge on Tiny. Amidst poker games, an eating contest, a near drowning in the Mississippi River, and a Voodoo ceremony, Ellie retrieves memories from childhood that connect her dark past with the present. She learns that in order to forgive she must. first remember.