Demon Copperhead Riss M. Neilson Warren has no such reservations:

Warren has no such reservations: he wants to leave his marriage but can't predict how his wife and daughter will react

So she sends an SOS to the only person she trusts

juxtaposed against Earth as it is: abandoned

we also glimpse the changing rhythms of a human life

Demon Copperhead Riss M. Neilson Warren has no such reservations:Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.