Leni Zumas's writing crackles. Her books are sharp, bleak, funny, and possibly dangerous. When her collection of short stories, Farewell Navigator,...
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I happen to pick up a copy of this book waiting on my sister to get her nails done about 4 years ago and asbolutely could not put it down. Admittedly I am a voracious reader and had never up until this moment
spent any time reading books of this genre; However, this one book simply put was one I could not put down; it was totally mesmerizing in content and delivery from start to finish- I read it within 4 hours non-stop and then excitedly passed it one to my neighbors, who passed it on to some friends, colleagues and eventually my book club members. We are all professional women and admittedly we came away stunned and filled with questions; and ideas as to who would be best to play the star roles in this book should it ever be made into a movie. As a native Washingtonian I personally gained a new found respect for Baltimore, our sister city, because I had absolutely no idea that town was popping like that.
Mr. Holmes is to be commended for such a gripping portrayal of urban life and more than anything his sensitivity in giving a life story to each of his characters background histories for me was a masterful piece of literary genius. It is easier to blame these young people for the choices they are making than to stop to realize that their is indeed a story ungirding and propelling them into situations- Mr. Holmes peeled back the onion skins that layered his characters lives- quite eloguently and as a trained clinician I for one could truly appreciate the time and talent it took to draw this characters out giving them some dimensions for the reader to work with. I believe he truly grasp the concept that "no one comes to the planet as a monster- living life can turn you into one". In closing I eagerly look forward to reading part 2 of Netta's story;
For all us book club sisters this book and others like it demonstrate that there is a real world of young sisters- who clearly need our help to empowering them on making better decisions
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I happen to pick up a copy of this book waiting on my sister to get her nails done about 4 years ago and asbolutely could not put it down. Admittedly I am a voracious reader and had never up until this momentspent any time reading books of this genre; However, this one book simply put was one I could not put down; it was totally mesmerizing in content and delivery from start to finish- I read it within 4 hours non-stop and then excitedly passed it one to my neighbors, who passed it on to some friends, colleagues and eventually my book club members. We are all professional women and admittedly we came away stunned and filled with questions; and ideas as to who would be best to play the star roles in this book should it ever be made into a movie. As a native Washingtonian I personally gained a new found respect for Baltimore, our sister city, because I had absolutely no idea that town was popping like that.
Mr. Holmes is to be commended for such a gripping portrayal of urban life and more than anything his sensitivity in giving a life story to each of his characters background histories for me was a masterful piece of literary genius. It is easier to blame these young people for the choices they are making than to stop to realize that their is indeed a story ungirding and propelling them into situations- Mr. Holmes peeled back the onion skins that layered his characters lives- quite eloguently and as a trained clinician I for one could truly appreciate the time and talent it took to draw this characters out giving them some dimensions for the reader to work with. I believe he truly grasp the concept that "no one comes to the planet as a monster- living life can turn you into one". In closing I eagerly look forward to reading part 2 of Netta's story;
For all us book club sisters this book and others like it demonstrate that there is a real world of young sisters- who clearly need our help to empowering them on making better decisions
thank you Mr.Holmes for the enlightment