Owning up
By Pelecanos, George P
Book

Owning up :new fiction

by
Pelecanos, George P. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Subjects
ViolenceFiction(DLC)sh2008113235
Novellaslcgft(DLC)gf2015026019
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Publisher and Date
New York :Little, Brown and Company,2024.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0316570478.
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9780316570473.
Library of Congress Call Number
PS
Call Number
FICTION
Description
229 pages ;25 cm
Contents (as listed on item)
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System Control Number
(OCoLC)1391214540
General Note(s)
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Summary"Four blistering novellas, drawn together by themes of strife, violence, and humanity" --Provided by Publisher.
Summary"When the son of the Carusos is involved in a hold up, the family home comes under siege in the form of a no-knock warrant. Months after the cops destroyed their home, the Carusos struggle to return to normal. Elsewhere, two former inmates reunite by chance on the set of a TV production. Both have found their way on the straight and narrow path, that is, until one sees the potential for an easy grift. A teenage boy must step into the man he'd like to be as a hostage crisis grips his hometown. A woman adrift meets a man tied to her grandmother's past, an encounter that awakens her to a bloody history that undergirds the place she grew up. Pelecanos' portraits are characterized by shades of grey, resisting the mold of heroes and villains, victims and perpetrators, good and evil. At once streetwise and full of heart, Owning Up grapples with random chance, the bind of consequence, and the forked paths a life can take.
Uniform Title
Novellas.Selections
Copies: 4 of 4 copies available
Available copies: Oregon Public Library, Adult, 2nd Floor: M PELECANOS George Madison PL-Sequoya, Adult: Pelecanos Middleton Public Library, Adult, Main Level: PELECANOS George Stoughton Public Library, Adult, 2nd Floor: FIC PELECANOS