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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- ISBN
- 9780062468475
- Book Title
- Lullabies for Little Criminals : a Novel
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Psychological, Contemporary Women, Family Life, Literary, Coming of Age, American / General
- Item Weight
- 12.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062468472
ISBN-13
9780062468475
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219671396
Product Key Features
Book Title
Lullabies for Little Criminals : a Novel
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Contemporary Women, Family Life, Literary, Coming of Age, American / General
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A vivid portrait of life on skid row." -- People "A nuanced, endearing coming-of-age novel you won't want to miss." -- Quill & Quire (Canada) "Vivid and poignant.... A deeply moving and troubling novel." -- Independent (London) "A beautiful book, all the more remarkable because its harrowing tale is (virtuosically) told without a trace of self-pity or bathos. There are phrases in here that will make you laugh out loud, and others that will stop your heart. A definite triumph." -- David Rakoff, author of Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish "O'Neill is a tragicomedienne par excellence.... You will not want to miss this tender depiction of some very mean streets." -- Montreal Review of Books "A poignant tale.... O'Neill brings the setting to life." -- OK! , five stars "O'Neill somehow infuses her troubling story with a kind of heartbreaking innocence.... She is a wonderful stylist and the voice she has created for Baby is original and altogether captivating." -- Booklist "A winsome debut novel." -- Kirkus "Baby's precocious introspection feels pitch perfect.... Tear-jerkingly effective." -- Publishers Weekly "Dreamy prose.... Baby's unique voice and the glimmer of hope provided by her intelligence and imaginative spirit live on in the mind long after you have closed the book." -- Waterstones Books Quarterly (London) "A disturbing, heartbreaking novel... redeemed by a powerful voice, vivid characters and gritty realism. This is a stunning book from a first-time author." -- RebelHousewife.com
Synopsis
"A beautiful book. . . . There are phrases in here that will make you laugh out loud, and others that will stop your heart. A definite triumph." -- David Rakoff, author of Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish From Heather O'Neill, the Giller-shortlisted author of Daydreams of Angels and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, a heartbreaking and wholly original novel about a young girl fighting to preserve a bruised innocence on the feral streets of a big city Baby, all of thirteen years old, is lost in the gangly, coltish moment between childhood and the strange pulls and temptations of the adult world. Her mother is dead; her father Jules is always on the lookout for his next score. Baby knows that "chocolate milk" is Jules' slang for heroin and sees a lot more of that in her house than the real article. But she takes vivid delight in the scrappy bits of happiness and beauty that find their way to her, and moves through the threat of the streets as if she's been choreographed in a dance. Soon, though, a hazard emerges that is bigger than even her hard-won survival skills can handle. Alphonse, the local pimp, has his eye on her for his new girl; he wants her body and soul--and what the johns don't take he covets for himself. At the same time, a tender and naively passionate friendship unfolds with a boy from her class at school, who has no notion of the dark claims on her--which even her father, lost on the nod, cannot totally ignore. Jules consigns her to a stint in juvie hall, and for the moment this perceived betrayal preserves Baby from terrible harm--but after that, her salvation has to be her own invention. Channeling the artlessly affecting voice of her thirteen-year-old heroine with extraordinary accuracy and power, O'Neill's dazzles with a novel of extraordinary prescience and power, a subtly understated yet searingly effective story of a young life on the streets--and the strength, wits, and luck necessary for survival., Heather O Neill s critically acclaimed debut novel, with a new introduction from the author to celebrate its ten-year anniversaryBaby, all of thirteen years old, is lost in the gangly, coltish moment between childhood and the strange pulls and temptations of the adult world. Her mother is dead; her father, Jules, is scarcely more than a child himself and is always on the lookout for his next score. Baby knows that chocolate milk is Jules slang for heroin and sees a lot more of that in her house than the real thing. But she takes vivid delight in the scrappy bits of happiness and beauty that find their way to her, and moves through the threat of the streets as if she s been choreographed in a dance.Soon, though, a hazard emerges that is bigger than even her hard-won survival skills can handle. Alphonse, the local pimp, has his eye on her for his new girl and what the johns don t take he covets for himself. If Baby cannot learn to become her own salvation, his dark world threatens to claim her, body and soul.Channeling the artlessly affecting voice of her thirteen-year-old heroine with extraordinary accuracy and power, Heather O Neill s debut novel blew readers away when it was first published ten years ago. Now it s sure to capture its next decade of readers as Baby picks her pathway along the edge of the abyss to arrive at a place of redemption, and of love.Featuring a new introduction from the authorCBC Canada reads winner, Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction winner, Orange Prize for Fiction finalist, Governor General s Literary Award finalist, International Impac Dublin Literary Award finalistPraise for Lullabies for Little Criminals A vivid portrait of life on skid row. People A nuanced, endearing coming-of-age novel you won t want to miss. Quill And Quire Vivid and poignant. . . . A deeply moving and troubling novel. The Independent (London) O Neill is a tragicomedienne par excellence. . . . You will not want to miss this tender depiction of some very mean streets. Montreal Review of Books", A new deluxe edition of the international bestseller Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill, the Giller-shortlisted author of Daydreams of Angels and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, featuring an original foreword from the author, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the coming-of-age story that People descibes as "a vivid portrait of life on skid row." Baby, all of thirteen years old, is lost in the gangly, coltish moment between childhood and the strange pulls and temptations of the adult world. Her mother is dead; her father, Jules, is scarcely more than a child himself and is always on the lookout for his next score. Baby knows that "chocolate milk" is Jules' slang for heroin and sees a lot more of that in her house than the real article. But she takes vivid delight in the scrappy bits of happiness and beauty that find their way to her, and moves through the threat of the streets as if she's been choreographed in a dance. Soon, though, a hazard emerges that is bigger than even her hard-won survival skills can handle. Alphonse, the local pimp, has his eye on her for his new girl; he wants her body and soul-and what the johns don't take he covets for himself. At the same time, a tender and naively passionate friendship unfolds with a boy from her class at school, who has no notion of the dark claims on her-which even her father, lost on the nod, cannot totally ignore. Jules consigns her to a stint in juvie hall, and for the moment this perceived betrayal preserves Baby from terrible harm - but after that, her salvation has to be her own invention. Heather O'Neill has channeled the artlessly affecting voice of her thirteen-year-old heroine with extraordinary accuracy and power. The result is the heartbreaking and wholly original debut novel that blew readers away when it was first published ten years ago. Now in a new deluxe package, Lullabies for Little Criminals will capture its next decade of readers as Baby picks her pathway along the edge of the abyss to arrive at a place of redemption, and of love.
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