A Seahorse Year: A Novel

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Synopsis
A San Francisco family copes with a teenage son&’s mental illness in &“a wonderful book, with characters that bounce off the page&” (Elizabeth Strout). Named a Best Book of the Year by Newsday and the San Francisco Chronicle In this &“profound, heart-wrenching, and resonant&” Lambda Award–winning novel, a quintessentially modern family is transformed by the mental breakdown of their adolescent son (Francisco Goldman). When Christopher disappears from his San Francisco home, his extended family comes together in a frantic search. But the sixteen-year-old is in much more trouble than they know, and their attempts to both support and save him will challenge their assumptions about themselves and one another. In &“unflinching prose that&’s both descriptive and soulful,&” Stacey D&’Erasmo explores the ways in which love moves us to actions that have both redemptive and disastrous consequences—sometimes in the same heartbeat (Time Out New York). &“Open A Seahorse Year and be mesmerized,&” raved the Advocate of this exquisitely crafted novel that is &“both deeply satisfying and quietly subversive&” (The New York Times Book Review). A winner of the Ferro-Grumley Award for Fiction and other honors, A Seahorse Year is &“a stunning achievement&” (Suzan Sherman). &“[D&’Erasmo] writes with a graceful, sometimes devastating directness, in clear, crisp phrases lined with subtle lyricism.&” —The Boston Globe &“Alternating perspectives and controlled, nuanced writing bring depth and compassion to each character . . . [and] make D&’Erasmo an author to watch.&” —Library Journal &“After turning a page or two of A Seahorse Year you&’ll know you&’re into something special.&” —Out magazine
Copyright:
2004

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780547394268
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Copyrighted By:
Stacey D'Erasmo
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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