Good Graces - Couverture rigide

Kagen, Lesley

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0525952381 ISBN 13 : 9780525952381

Editeur : Dutton Adult, 2011

Synopsis

This is an advance reading copy, pre first edition. Paperback with light wear, clean, bright, and solidly bound content.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Lesley Kagen returns with the sequel to her national bestselling debut, Whistling in the Dark.

Whistling in the Dark captivated readers with the story of ten-year-old Sally O'Malley and her sister, Troo, during Milwaukee's summer of 1959. The novel became a New York Times bestseller and was named a Midwest Honor Award winner.

In Good Graces, it's one year later, and a heat wave has everyone in the close-knit Milwaukee neighborhood on edge. None more so than Sally O'Malley, who remains deeply traumatized by the sudden death of her daddy and her near escape from a murderer and molester the previous summer. Although outwardly she and her sister, Troo, are more secure, Sally's confidence in her own judgment and much of her faith have been whittled away. When a series of disquieting events unfold in the neighborhood-a string of home burglaries, the escape from reform school of a nemesis, and the mysterious disappearance of an orphan, crimes that may involve the increasingly rebellious Troo-Sally is called upon to rise above her inner demons. She made a deathbed promise to her daddy to keep Troo safe, a promise she can't break, even if her life depends on it. But when events reach a crisis point, will Sally have the courage and discernment to make the right choices? Or will her false assumptions lead her and those she loves into danger once again?

Lesley Kagen's gift for imbuing her child narrators with compelling authenticity shines as never before in Good Graces, a novel told with sensitivity, wit, and warmth.

Revue de presse :

"In Good Graces the mix of light and dark is rendered with honesty, wit and savvy." (-The Morton Report)

"Good Graces deftly dwells in '60's Milwaukee. Through her preteen narrator, Sally O'Malley, she (Kagen) evokes the joys, sorrows and complexities of growing up..." (-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

"Spend happy hours following the O'Malley sisters through the sweltering summer of 1960 on Milwaukee's West Side. This humorous, passionate novel of childhood is full of evocative local detail and the lives of wild, smart children." (-Milwaukee Magazine)

"Moving, funny, and full of unexpected delights, this is one sequel that just might be even better than the original gem. Kagen crafts a gorgeous pageturner about love, loss and loyalty, all told in the sparkling voices of two extraordinary sisters." (-Caroline Leavitt, New York Times Bestselling author of Pictures of)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dutton Adult
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0525952381
• ISBN 13: 9780525952381
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 352