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The searing novel of a brutal boyhood in 1940s Chicago--and a young man walking the knife's edge between a life of crime and a brighter future.The son of a single mother addicted to heroin, Richie grows up in poverty and hardship. His adolescence is a constant battle between hope--in the form of a kind boxing coach, a job in a bowling alley where he can sneak a nap, and a determination to track down his disreputable father--and brutality. Desperately lonely, Richie must contend with the crimina…
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- Author: Clark Howard
- Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Year: 2020
- Pages: 517
- ISBN: 9781504062046
- ISBN-10: 1504062043
- ISBN-13: 9781504062046
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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The searing novel of a brutal boyhood in 1940s Chicago--and a young man walking the knife's edge between a life of crime and a brighter future.The son of a single mother addicted to heroin, Richie grows up in poverty and hardship. His adolescence is a constant battle between hope--in the form of a kind boxing coach, a job in a bowling alley where he can sneak a nap, and a determination to track down his disreputable father--and brutality. Desperately lonely, Richie must contend with the criminal justice system, abusive foster homes, and a period of exile with his grandmother in Tennessee.
In this gritty, semiautobiographical novel by an Edgar Award-winning author, the fate of this young man hangs in the balance as he finds himself tested by want, war, and the ever-present temptation to give up on the possibility of something better.
"Strongly satisfying [and] frequently compelling." --Kirkus Reviews
"Sustains a sense of tension, moving smoothly between flashbacks of the events of Richie's early years and the traumatic experiences of his adolescence, then on to his return to Chicago." --The New York Times
- Author: Clark Howard
- Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Year: 2020
- Pages: 517
- ISBN: 9781504062046
- ISBN-10: 1504062043
- ISBN-13: 9781504062046
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
The searing novel of a brutal boyhood in 1940s Chicago--and a young man walking the knife's edge between a life of crime and a brighter future.
The son of a single mother addicted to heroin, Richie grows up in poverty and hardship. His adolescence is a constant battle between hope--in the form of a kind boxing coach, a job in a bowling alley where he can sneak a nap, and a determination to track down his disreputable father--and brutality. Desperately lonely, Richie must contend with the criminal justice system, abusive foster homes, and a period of exile with his grandmother in Tennessee.
In this gritty, semiautobiographical novel by an Edgar Award-winning author, the fate of this young man hangs in the balance as he finds himself tested by want, war, and the ever-present temptation to give up on the possibility of something better.
"Strongly satisfying [and] frequently compelling." --Kirkus Reviews
"Sustains a sense of tension, moving smoothly between flashbacks of the events of Richie's early years and the traumatic experiences of his adolescence, then on to his return to Chicago." --The New York Times
The son of a single mother addicted to heroin, Richie grows up in poverty and hardship. His adolescence is a constant battle between hope--in the form of a kind boxing coach, a job in a bowling alley where he can sneak a nap, and a determination to track down his disreputable father--and brutality. Desperately lonely, Richie must contend with the criminal justice system, abusive foster homes, and a period of exile with his grandmother in Tennessee.
In this gritty, semiautobiographical novel by an Edgar Award-winning author, the fate of this young man hangs in the balance as he finds himself tested by want, war, and the ever-present temptation to give up on the possibility of something better.
"Strongly satisfying [and] frequently compelling." --Kirkus Reviews
"Sustains a sense of tension, moving smoothly between flashbacks of the events of Richie's early years and the traumatic experiences of his adolescence, then on to his return to Chicago." --The New York Times
Reviews