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ISBN: 9781455119813
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ISBN: 9781455119806
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ISBN: 9781455119820
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ISBN: 9781455119851
Runtime: | 3.10 Hours |
Category: | Fiction |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A New York Times bestseller
A Literary Hub Pick of the Best Debut Novels of the Decade
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2011
A Washington Post Notable Book of 2011
A Huffington Post Best Book of 2011
Amazon Best Books of the Year: Top 20 & Top 10 in Debut Fiction, 2011
One of the Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2011 in Debut Fiction
A 2012 RUSA Notable Book: Fiction
Finalist for the Indies Choice Book Award for Book of the Year: Adult Debut
Selected for the September 2011 Indie Next List
An exquisite, blistering debut novel
Three brothers tear their way through childhood—smashing tomatoes all over each other, building kites from trash, hiding out when their parents do battle, tiptoeing around the house as their mother sleeps off her graveyard shift. Paps and Ma are from Brooklyn—he’s Puerto Rican, she’s white—and their love is a serious, dangerous thing that makes and unmakes a family many times.
Life in this family is fierce and absorbing, full of chaos and heartbreak and the euphoria of belonging completely to one another. From the intense familial unity felt by a child to the profound alienation he endures as he begins to see the world, this beautiful novel reinvents the coming-of-age story in a way that is sly and punch-in-the-stomach powerful.
Written in magical language with unforgettable images, this is a stunning exploration of the viscerally charged landscape of growing up, how deeply we are formed by our earliest bonds, and how we are ultimately propelled at escape velocity toward our futures.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD, Playaway |
Category: | Fiction |
Runtime: | 3.10 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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