"Immensely moving and very funny, Scavengers is an ode to those who dream in an indifferent world, to the desert which grants and withholds, to the bond between mothers and daughters, and to quests which alter our understanding of treasure."
—Megha Majumdar, author of National Book Award finalist A Guardian and a Thief

“What if the very best part of you decided to sabotage your life? What would you do next? Boland has written a necessary novel about the strange and miraculous psychic currents that undergird American life. David Lynch meets Willa Cather in this wondrously hopeful tale of madness, love, and redemption in the still-Wild West.”
—Lucy Ives, author of An Image of My Name Enters America: Essays

“Smart, electrifying, and utterly consuming, Scavengers crackles with humor and heartbreak. Kathleen Boland’s masterful debut novel explores the exhilarating, devastating lengths we’ll go to escape and reinvent ourselves. These desperate characters are boldly and fearlessly written, marking Boland as an original and exciting new voice in American fiction.” 
—Chelsea Bieker, author of Madwoman and Godshot

“Wholly original and truly surprising, Scavengers is an ode to revisitation and reinvention, proving that changing your views of other people is the only way to change yourself. This is a desert rose of a debut.”
—Courtney Maum, author of Touch and Costalegre

​“Scavengers is the moving, madcap mother-daughter adventure I never knew I always wanted, snuggling a deft character study and deep understanding of family dynamics inside an unexpected treasure hunt. From her gorgeous settings to her tender skewering of human foibles, Boland’s wonderful novel had me spellbound—laughing, worrying, and wondering until its surprising and beautiful end.” 
—Lydia Kiesling, author of Mobility

"What might life look like if we relinquish the scripts of success we’ve been told to desire and let ourselves be guided by love, not obligation, to our beloveds, and by a willingness to chase down the unlikeliest dreams at risk of absolute failure? A search for buried treasure, both literal and metaphorical, both externally and inwardly, is what Scavengers embarks upon in this mother-daughter romp fueled simultaneously by adventure and escape. An exhilarating debut whose inhabitants are alternatively buffeted and emboldened by the winds of circumstance, billowing us forward towards its delightful, gratifying end.”
—Jemimah Wei, author of The Original Daughter