From the Car Behind

This novel captures a vanished world where racing cars were hand-built death traps and courage meant something visceral. At its heart is Gerard, a seasoned driver who recognizes something in Rose, his sister, as she takes the wheel against all convention. She's an amateur racer in an era when women behind the wheel were still radical, still dangerous, still magnificent. Their sister watches from the margins, her protective anxiety weaving through the roar of engines and the smell of gasoline. The racetrack becomes a character in itself: mud, noise, and men who flirted with mortality every time they turned a key. This is a story about speed, yes, but also about what we risk for the ones we love, and whether ambition and family can ever truly share the same road.