Ivy Pochoda
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"From the acclaimed author of Visitation Street, a visionary portrait of contemporary Los Angeles in all its facets, from the Mojave Desert to the Pacific, from the 110 to Skid Row. When a teenage boy runs away from his father's mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that will connect six people all desperate for hope and love, scattered across the sun-bleached canvas of Los Angeles. There's Ren, just out of juvie, who travels to L.A....
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In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they?re referred to as “these women.” These women on the corner ? These women in the club ? These women who won?t stop asking questions ? These women who got what they deserved ? In her masterful new novel, Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They?re connected by one man and his...
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"It's summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two fifteen-year-olds, take a raft out onto the bay at night to see what they can see. And then they disappear. Only Val will survive, washed ashore, semi-conscious in the weeds"--Amazon.com.
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Florence "Florida" Baum ist alles andere als die arme, verfolgte Unschuld, für die sie sich im Frauengefängnis von Arizona ausgibt ‒ zumindest behauptet das ihre ehemalige Zellengenossin Diosmary "Dios" Sandoval. Denn Dios kennt die Wahrheit über Floridas Verbrechen und weiß, was diese sogar vor sich selbst verbirgt: dass sie nie ein Opfer der Umstände war, eine glücklose Zuschauerin, die von einem üblen Typen auf Abwege geführt wurde. Dios...