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Fragile Beasts
Tawni O'dell
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Description for Fragile Beasts
Paperback.
Growing up in hard-scrabble coal country with a drunk father and a runaway mother hasn't been easy for teen brothers Kyle and Klint. And when their dad smashes his truck and dies after a few too many beers, the boys are shocked that their often-absent mother plans to take them back to her new home out West. After all, their mom hasn't cared for Kyle and Klint for years. She still doesn't. Their mom quickly hands the boys over to 75-year-old Candace Jack, a curmudgeon with an acidic tongue who surprises herself in agreeing to take the ... Read more
Growing up in hard-scrabble coal country with a drunk father and a runaway mother hasn't been easy for teen brothers Kyle and Klint. And when their dad smashes his truck and dies after a few too many beers, the boys are shocked that their often-absent mother plans to take them back to her new home out West. After all, their mom hasn't cared for Kyle and Klint for years. She still doesn't. Their mom quickly hands the boys over to 75-year-old Candace Jack, a curmudgeon with an acidic tongue who surprises herself in agreeing to take the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719569289
SKU
9780719569289
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Tawni O'dell
Tawni O'Dell was born and raised in the Allegheny Mountains of western Pennsylvania, where she lives with her family: a daughter, 13, and a son, 10. Fragile Beasts is her fourth novel. Her first, Back Roads, was an Oprah Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller, her second, Coal Run, has been bought by the movies and is currently ... Read more
Reviews for Fragile Beasts
Praise for Tawni O'Dell:
- - 'Family saga O'Dell-style crackles with conflict and a deep understanding of the complications and burdens that follow attachment, sex, love and kinship'
Publisher's Weekly 'A masterfully unfolded, absolutely engrossing story as smart and sassy as it is wise'
Booklist 'A gifted, ambitious writer'
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- - 'Family saga O'Dell-style crackles with conflict and a deep understanding of the complications and burdens that follow attachment, sex, love and kinship'
Publisher's Weekly 'A masterfully unfolded, absolutely engrossing story as smart and sassy as it is wise'
Booklist 'A gifted, ambitious writer'
Los ... Read more