Nothing more dangerous
Eskens, Allen, 1963-2019
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At fifteen, Boady Sanden dreams of being anywhere other than Jessup, Missouri. Then the Elgins move in across the road. Getting to know his new neighbours - a black family in a community where notions of 'us' and 'them' still carry weight - Boady is forced to rethink the world he took for granted. Secrets hidden in plain sight begin to unfold. There's the mother consumed by loss of her husband, the neighbour who carries the wounds of a mysterious past, the quiet boss fighting a hidden battle. But the biggest secret of all is the disappearance of Lida Poe, the African-American woman who keeps the books at the local factory. Although Boady has never met the missing woman, he discovers that the threads of her life are woven into the deepest fabric of his world.
Main title:
Nothing more dangerous / Allen Eskens.
Author:
Eskens, Allen, 1963-, author
Imprint:
London : Mulholland Books, 2019.
Collation:
vii, 293 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781529327069 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6F
LC class:
PS3605.S49
Local class:
MYS Pbk
Language:
English
BRN:
2555418