Everyday People

By: Stewart O'Nan

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Synopsis: This novel of Pittsburgh, by the author of Last Night at the Lobster, &“celebrates the lives of everyday people in an extraordinary way&” (San Francisco Chronicle). Pittsburgh, 1998: Chris &“Crest&” Tolbert is eighteen years old, a soon-to-be father, and partially paralyzed after an accident that left his best friend dead. As he navigates the challenges of new fatherhood and life as a paraplegic, Crest must also negotiate his relationships with his born-again brother and his father, who has been cheating on Crest&’s mother with a younger man. In Everyday People, acclaimed novelist Stewart O&’Nan offers a multifaceted portrait of Crest and of East Liberty, the African American neighborhood he calls home. The result is &“a living, breathing history lesson that brings together a set of compelling voices that make real and immediate the ups and downs of a black urban community&” (Chicago Tribune). &“Like Sherwood Anderson&’s Winesburg, Ohio or Gloria Naylor&’s Women of Brewster Place, Everyday People weaves its tale elliptically. . . . O&’Nan creates vivid interior worlds, evoking conflicts and joys with astonishing grace and agility.&” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette