Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Tropes
Synopsis
It's 1963 and in a rented room, in the red-light district of San Antonio, Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Doc, rumoured to have given Hank the final morphine dose that killed him, supports his own morphine habit. Having lost his licence to practise medicine, he performs abortions and patches up the odd knife or gunshot wound. Then, when he meets Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, miraculous things begin to happen. Graciela heals others with the touch of her hand. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better - except Hank's angry ghost ...
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive: content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
Adult literary fantasy with mature themes including drug addiction, illegal medical procedures, and the supernatural. Contains moderate violence and substance abuse throughout.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include substance abuse, addiction, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Adult readers will be drawn to the haunting story of guilt, redemption, and miraculous healing in 1960s San Antonio.