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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Black Swan
Published: 06 Aug 2001

ISBN 10: 0552999598
ISBN 13: 9780552999595

Media Reviews
* 'Tense...Involving...deftly captures the voice of a teenage boy who's in trouble' New York Times Book Review. * 'Poignant...achingly beautiful prose...remarkable' San Diego Union. * 'A page-turner...gritty, funny, sexy' Chicago Sun-Times. * 'An intense story of family, frailty, and dysfunction, set in the coal mining towns of western Pennsylvania...captivatingly told' Chicago Tribune. * 'O'Dell has tackled the real stuff of stories and she's done it with compassion and a unique voice...a writer of promise' New York Newsday. * 'Do not miss this one' Mademoiselle.
Author Bio
Tawni O'Dell has a degree in journalism from Northwestern University, she lives in Illinois.