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Nothing More Dangerous (Paperback)
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Nothing More Dangerous (Paperback)
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Loot Price R418
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Missouri native Allen Eskens' "stunning small-town mystery" (New
York Times Book Review) is a necessary exploration of family,
loyalty, and racial tension in America and "a coming-of-age book to
rival some of the best, such as Ordinary Grace" (Library Journal,
starred review). In a small Southern town where loyalty to family
and to "your people" carries the weight of a sacred oath, defying
those unspoken rules can be a deadly proposition. After fifteen
years of growing up in the Ozark hills with his widowed mother,
high-school freshman Boady Sanden is beyond ready to move on. He
dreams of glass towers and cityscapes, driven by his desire to be
anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. The new kid at St. Ignatius
High School, if he isn't being pushed around, he is being
completely ignored. Even his beloved woods, his playground as a
child and his sanctuary as he grew older, seem to be closing in on
him, suffocating him. Then Thomas Elgin moves in across the road,
and Boady's life begins to twist and turn. Coming to know the
Elgins -- a black family settling into a community where notions of
"us" and "them" carry the weight of history -- forces Boady to
rethink his understanding of the world he's taken for granted.
Secrets hidden in plain sight begin to unfold: the mother who wraps
herself in the loss of her husband, the neighbor who carries the
wounds of a mysterious past that he holds close, the quiet boss who
is fighting his own hidden battle. But the biggest secret of all is
the disappearance of Lida Poe, the African-American woman who keeps
the books at the local plastics factory. Word has it that Ms. Poe
left town, along with a hundred thousand dollars of company money.
Although Boady has never met the missing woman, he discovers that
the threads of her life are woven into the deepest fabric of his
world. As the mystery of her fate plays out, Boady begins to see
the stark lines of race and class that both bind and divide this
small town -- and he will be forced to choose sides. Best Book of
the Year: Florida Sun-Sentinel and Library Journal Finalist for the
Minnesota Book Award
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