Book Hurt People : A Novel in DOC, MOBI, TXT
9780374535889 English 0374535884 It s the summer of 1988 in northeastern Kansas, an area home to four prisons that has been shaken by the recent escape of a convict. But for two young brothers in Leavenworth, the only thing that matters is the pool in their apartment complex. Their mother forbids the boys to swim alone, but she s always at work trying to make ends meet after splitting with their police-officer father. With no one home to supervise, the boys decide to break the rules. While blissfully practicing their cannonballs and dives, they meet Chris, a mysterious stranger who promises an escape from their broken-home blues. As the older brother and Chris grow closer, the wary younger brother desperately tries to keep his best friend from slipping away. Beautifully atmospheric and psychologically suspenseful, Cote Smith s "Hurt People" will hold you in its grip to the very last page, reminding us that when we re not paying attention, we often hurt the ones we claim to love the most.", It'e(tm)s the summer of 1988 in northeastern Kansas, an area home to four prisons that has been shaken by the recent escape of a convict. But for two young brothers in Leavenworth, the only thing that matters is the pool in their apartment complex. Their mother forbids the boys to swim alone, but she'e(tm)s always at work trying to make ends meet after splitting with their police-officer father. With no one home to supervise, the boys decide to break the rules. While blissfully practicing their cannonballs and dives, they meet Chris, a mysterious stranger who promises an escape from their broken-home blues. As the older brother and Chris grow closer, the wary younger brother desperately tries to keep his best friend from slipping away. Beautifully atmospheric and psychologically suspenseful, Cote Smith'e(tm)s Hurt People will hold you in its grip to the very last page, reminding us that when we'e(tm)re not paying attention, we often hurt the ones we claim to love the most., Summer of 1988. Leavenworth, Kansas: a town with four major prisons, gripped by the recent escape of a convict. Yet for two young brothers, all that matters is the pool in their apartment complex. They spend their blissful days practicing dives while their divorcée mother works her day shift at the golf course and their policeman father patrols the streets. But when a mysterious stranger appears poolside and creates a rift between the brothers, the younger one wonders just what these visitsto the pool might ultimately cost. Based on Cote Smith's well-received short story of the same name, Hurt People will hold you in its grip to the very last page. Eerily atmospheric, lean, and forceful, this is a debut from a slyly talented new writer.
9780374535889 English 0374535884 It s the summer of 1988 in northeastern Kansas, an area home to four prisons that has been shaken by the recent escape of a convict. But for two young brothers in Leavenworth, the only thing that matters is the pool in their apartment complex. Their mother forbids the boys to swim alone, but she s always at work trying to make ends meet after splitting with their police-officer father. With no one home to supervise, the boys decide to break the rules. While blissfully practicing their cannonballs and dives, they meet Chris, a mysterious stranger who promises an escape from their broken-home blues. As the older brother and Chris grow closer, the wary younger brother desperately tries to keep his best friend from slipping away. Beautifully atmospheric and psychologically suspenseful, Cote Smith s "Hurt People" will hold you in its grip to the very last page, reminding us that when we re not paying attention, we often hurt the ones we claim to love the most.", It'e(tm)s the summer of 1988 in northeastern Kansas, an area home to four prisons that has been shaken by the recent escape of a convict. But for two young brothers in Leavenworth, the only thing that matters is the pool in their apartment complex. Their mother forbids the boys to swim alone, but she'e(tm)s always at work trying to make ends meet after splitting with their police-officer father. With no one home to supervise, the boys decide to break the rules. While blissfully practicing their cannonballs and dives, they meet Chris, a mysterious stranger who promises an escape from their broken-home blues. As the older brother and Chris grow closer, the wary younger brother desperately tries to keep his best friend from slipping away. Beautifully atmospheric and psychologically suspenseful, Cote Smith'e(tm)s Hurt People will hold you in its grip to the very last page, reminding us that when we'e(tm)re not paying attention, we often hurt the ones we claim to love the most., Summer of 1988. Leavenworth, Kansas: a town with four major prisons, gripped by the recent escape of a convict. Yet for two young brothers, all that matters is the pool in their apartment complex. They spend their blissful days practicing dives while their divorcée mother works her day shift at the golf course and their policeman father patrols the streets. But when a mysterious stranger appears poolside and creates a rift between the brothers, the younger one wonders just what these visitsto the pool might ultimately cost. Based on Cote Smith's well-received short story of the same name, Hurt People will hold you in its grip to the very last page. Eerily atmospheric, lean, and forceful, this is a debut from a slyly talented new writer.