Mary Ann Taylor-Hall's highly acclaimed first novel, Come and Go, Molly Snow, introduces us to Carrie Marie Mullins, a gifted Kentucky bluegrass fiddler and singer in the Hawktown Road band. After moving to Lexington to develop her talents, Carrie becomes infatuated with the band's leader, Cap Dunlap. Her romantic distraction prevents Carrie from saving her five-year-old daughter, Molly, when she careens down the driveway and is killed by a truck. Overwhelmed with grief, Carrie breaks down.

Cap finds Carrie in this state of distress and takes her to Ona and Ruth Barkley, two elderly sisters living in an old farmhouse. It is on the sisters' farm that Carrie is able to slowly come to terms with her heartache and guilt over Molly's death. As she picks up the pieces of her shattered life, Carrie draws on the two women's friendship, her inner strength, and finally, the healing power of music.

Mary Ann Taylor-Hall is the author of How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos, a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year, and the recently published At The Breakers: A Novel. Come and Go, Molly Snow was chosen as a Barnes & Noble Discovery selection in 1995.

"There's music in Come and Go, Molly Snow...but something grander, too, something almost sublime: the song of a woman's loss and pain, and the song of her redemption." -Los Angeles Times

"This vernacular and gorgeous book very simply and without frills takes it all on, from the hilarious to the shattering, and leaves you with a lingering, hard-to-place tune in your ears."-Publishers Weekly

"Exquisite...As in Jane Hamilton's A Map of the World, the events of this story are searing, but the writing is like a plaintive, unforgettable song...Not to be missed." -Elle

"Taylor-Halls protagonist expresses her sadness through bluegrass, which befits a novel that is as much about the language of music and its healing power as it is about loss, love and acceptance."-Bowling Green Daily News

"...The story is intrinsically cinematic in its flashback format, capturing everything from atmospheric breakdown scenes to spirited bluegrass music 'breakdowns'...."-Braver Self