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Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn t left his rambling Brooklyn
home in a decade. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old
Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins
his hopes on what seems like a promising baseball career if he can
untangle himself from his difficult family life. The link between
this unlikely pair is Kel s mother, Charlene, a former student of
Arthur s. After nearly two decades of silence, it is Charlene s
unexpected phone call to Arthur a plea for help that shatters their
isolation. Told with warmth and intelligence through Arthur and Kel
s own quirky and lovable voices, Heft is the story of two
improbable heroes whose connection transforms both their lives. It
is a memorable, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive novel
about finding sustenance and friendship in the most surprising
places."
Kensington ave, Philadelphia: The first place you go for drugs or sex. The last place you want to look for your sister.
Mickey Fitzpatrick has been patrolling the 24th District for years. She knows most of the working women by name. She knows what desperation looks like and what people will do when they need a fix. She’s become used to finding overdose victims: their numbers are growing every year. But every time she sees someone sprawled out, slumped over, cold to the touch, she has to pray it’s not her sister, Kacey.
When the bodies of murdered sex workers start turning up on the Ave, the Chief of Police is keen to bury the news. They’re not the kind of victims that generate a whole lot of press anyway. But Mickey is obsessed, dangerously so, with finding the perpetrator - before Kacey becomes the next victim.
KENSINGTON AVE, PHILADELPHIA:
THE FIRST PLACE YOU GO FOR DRUGS OR SEX.
THE LAST PLACE YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR YOUR SISTER.
Mickey Fitzpatrick has been patrolling the 24th District for years. She
knows most of the working women by name. She knows what desperation
looks like and what people will do when they need a fix. She’s become
used to finding overdose victims: their numbers are growing every year.
But every time she sees someone sprawled out, slumped over, cold to the
touch, she has to pray it’s not her sister, Kacey.
When the bodies of murdered sex workers start turning up on the Ave,
the Chief of Police is keen to bury the news. They’re not the kind of
victims that generate a whole lot of press anyway. But Mickey is
obsessed, dangerously so, with finding the perpetrator - before Kacey
becomes the next victim.
SELECTED BY BARACK OBAMA AS ONE OF HIS BEST BOOKS OF 2020 A New
York Times bestseller and Guardian Book of the Month 'This flawless
masterpiece deserves to be a bestseller.' DAILY EXPRESS 'Tough,
tense and twisty - but tender, human and deeply affecting, too ...
I don't have a sister, but when I finished the book I called my
brother, just to hear his voice.' LEE CHILD 'An outstanding crime
novel.' PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train
_____________________________________ Once inseparable, sisters
Mickey and Kacey are on different paths, but they walk the same
streets. Mickey on her police beat and Kacey in the shadows of the
city's darkest corners where the drug addicts and sex workers
preside. When a string of murders coincides with Kacey's
disappearance, Mickey is terrified her sister could be next. But in
a community where death and murder is rife, will Mickey be able to
save her sister before it's too late?
_____________________________________ 'A remarkable, profoundly
moving novel about the ties that bind and the irrevocable wounds of
childhood. It's also a riveting mystery, perfectly paced. I loved
every page of it.' DENNIS LEHANE 'It is by some considerable
distance my crime novel of the year' IRISH TIMES 'Outstanding . . .
an intense family thriller . . . The clever plot and involving
characters set a high standard for this new year.' DAILY MAIL 'This
is a thrilling and heartbreaking exploration of the strain the
opioid crisis puts on families. A masterpiece.' DAILY MIRROR 'A
dazzling, propulsive, humane work that not only bears comparison to
Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos but occasionally beats them at
their own game' METRO 'heart-pounding thriller' VOGUE
'compassionate and enthralling' INDEPENDENT
__________________________________ 'A remarkable novel, elegant,
wise, and beautifully constructed.' Roddy Doyle Tommy Mays, Titan
Records' biggest act, is verging on a mid-life crisis; learning the
hard way that a life of fame and fortune comes at a price. But
things are looking up for his support band, The Burn, which could
be a career-changer for Theo, Titan's young A&R executive.
Meanwhile, secretary Cynthia has her eyes on Titan's latest rising
star, singer-songwriter Lenore Lamont. But with a billboard in
Times Square, is Lenore starting to feel the pressure? Set in the
sleek offices, high-tech recording studios and hip downtown clubs
of New York, The Words of Every Song depicts the realities of
making it in an industry where glamour and fame can often conceal
the harsh realities for those hoping to hit the big-time.
Ada Sibelius is raised by David, her brilliant, eccentric, socially
inept single father, who directs a computer science lab in
1980s-era Boston. Home-schooled, Ada accompanies David to work
every day; by twelve, she is a painfully shy prodigy. The lab
begins to gain acclaim at the same time that David's mysterious
history comes into question. When his mind begins to falter,
leaving Ada virtually an orphan, she is taken in by one of David's
colleagues. Soon she embarks on a mission to uncover her father's
secrets: a process that carries her from childhood to adulthood.
What Ada discovers on her journey into a virtual universe will keep
the reader riveted until The Unseen World's heart-stopping,
fascinating conclusion.
'A staggeringly beautiful meditation on love, legacy and the
emotional necessities that make life worth living.' Tea Obreht,
author of The Tiger's Wife BOSTON, 1980 Ada Sibelius is twelve
years old and home-schooled. Her days are spent in a lab with her
father David, a computer science professor, and the brilliant minds
of his colleagues. David is widely regarded as one of best in his
field. That is, until he starts to forget things. When David is
diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Ada's world falls apart. But when he
leaves a floppy disk for his beloved daughter, she has no idea that
the coding within it holds the key to a past that her father
refused to talk about. Navigating her teenage years without his
guidance, will Ada be able to piece together the father she lost?
Have you ever wanted to "run away" for a while? Where would you go?
How would you live life differently? In the year she turned 50, Liz
Moore acted on a long-time daydream. She loaded up her car and left
home for a year. Her goal was to randomly find a nice town far
away, move in, get a job, and live life without a plan and away
from all things familiar. After a month to two months, it would be
time to leave for the next town and a new set of adventures, until
she had completed a tour of America. She had not imagined where the
roads would lead: to work "in security" at the lip of the Grand
Canyon, and fun in the concrete canyons of New York, to sharing a
house with a globe-trotting professor, to over-coming chaos in a
New England waitressing job. "Making it home" refers to making each
town home for the time she was there. "Making it home" also means
rushing home to deal with crises, including a devastating betrayal
and family tragedy.
"The Words of Every Song" is a literate and original debut novel in
the form of fourteen linked episodes, each centered on a character
involved with the music industry in some fashion. There's the
arrogantly hip, twenty-six-year-old A&R man; the rising young
singer-songwriter; the established, arena-filling rock star on the
verge of a midlife crisis; the type-A female executive with the
heavy social calendar; and other recognizable figures.
Set in the sleek offices, high-tech recording studios, and grungy
downtown clubs of New York, "The Words of Every Song" offers an
authenticity drawn from Liz Moore's own experience and brings an
insider's touch to its depiction of the music industry and its
denizens.
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