Still life with tornado
"A talented 16-year-old artist slowly discovers the history of domestic violence behind why her brother left the family years earlier and why she suddenly cannot make art"--Provided by publisher.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | "A talented 16-year-old artist slowly discovers the history of domestic violence behind why her brother left the family years earlier and why she suddenly cannot make art"--Provided by publisher. As long as she can remember, Sarah has "done the art." Suddenly she can't draw, and she thinks she's having an existential crisis. After all, she keeps running into past and future versions of herself as she wanders the urban ruins of Philadelphia. Or maybe she's finally waking up to the tornado that is her family, the tornado that six years ago sent her older brother flying across the country for a reason she can't quite recall. After decades of staying together "for the kids" the foundation of lies and domestic violence Sarah's parents built has begun to crumble. In the ruins of their toxic marriage, nothing about Sarah's pain is remotely original-- and yet it still hurts. |
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| Physical Description: | 295 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781101994887 1101994886 |
| Author Notes: | King wrote her first novel in 1994, but it took her 15 years and more than seven novels to finally get published. Since then, her books have garnered many accolades. Ask the Passengers won the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Award for Young Adult Literature. Please Ignore Vera Dietz was a 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor Book, an Edgar Award Nominee, a Junior Library Guild selection and a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults pick. Her first YA novel, The Dust of 100 Dogs, was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and a Cybil Award finalist. Her other titles include: I Crawl Through it, Glory O'Brien's History of the Future, Reality Boy, and Everybody Sees the Ants. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous collections and anthologies, including: Monica Never Shuts up, One Death, Nine stories, Losing It, Break These Rules, and Dear Bully. (Bowker Author Biography) |
