“Her keen observations are those of a Jewish teen coming of age…. This novel too has its dark edges, as Simon explores complexities of friendship and family.” (The New York Jewish Week) “A thought-provoking and beautifully written book that will challenge how its readers think about how an individual weaves the tapestry of her family’s
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Told through the keen eye of an adolescent, a story exploring the bonds between fathers and daughters, mother and child, and how families manage their secrets, big and small. When Madelyn learns her father will be gone for the summer, she thinks it’s the worst thing that can happen. But missing him is soon replaced
Millington Valley is a quintessential small Pennsylvania town: families go back generations. Football rules. Kids drink while adults look the other way. High school is a whirlwind of aspiration and rivalry, friendship, and jealousy. When smart and pretty Molly Hanover moves to town and attracts the attention of the football team’s hero, Wade Thornton –
Part American Gangster, part Real Housewives of New Jersey, Hair Club Burning takes the most dangerous creature on Earth – a woman scorned – and throws her into an improbable comradery with two young highly active gangbangers, all in search of the same thing. Justice. Just how far will the housewife go to find the gangsta within? And how