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Heft

Liz Moore 

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Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn't left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising baseball career. The link between this unlikely pair is Kel's mother, Charlene, a former student of Arthur's. Told with warmth and intelligence through Arthur and Kel's own quirky and lovable voices, Heft is the story of two improbable heroes whose connection transforms both their lives.

Product Details

PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Publish DateSeptember 04, 2012
Pages368
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780393343885
Dimensions8.1 X 5.4 X 1.0 inches | 0.7 pounds

About the Author

Liz Moore is the author of the acclaimed novel Heft. A winner of the 2014 Rome Prize in Literature, she lives in Philadelphia.

Reviews

Heft achieves real poignancy...The warmth, the humanity and the hope in this novel make it compelling and pleasurable.-- "Washington Post"
[Moore] writes with compassion and emotional insight but resists sentimentality...Heft leads to hope.-- "People"
Every once in a while, you read a book with such well-written, memorable characters that you know you're going to remember them forever...Heft is a wonderful oddball of a book. I loved it.--Jennifer Weiner
Few novelists of recent memory have put our bleak isolation into words as clearly as Liz Moore does in her new novel.-- "San Francisco Chronicle"
In Heft, Liz Moore creates a cast of vulnerable, lonely misfits that will break your heart and then make it soar. What a terrific novel!--Ann Hood
Moore's characters are lovingly drawn...A truly original voice.-- "The New Yorker"
Moore's writing is clear, persuasive, and totally engaging, bringing her characters to life in all their sweet, quirky glory.-- "Boston Globe"
Tender, thoughtful.-- "New York Times Book Review"
This is not a novel with a happy ending, and that's a good thing. Moore doesn't tie her story up in a pretty package and hand it to the reader with care, but artfully acknowledges in the end that some heavy loads cannot easily be left behind.-- "Minneapolis Star Tribune"
Heft is a work that radiantly combines compassion and a clear-eyed vision. This is a novel of rare originality and sophistication.--Mary Gordon
This is the real deal, Liz Moore is the real deal--she's written a novel that will stick with you long after you've finished it.--Russell Banks
A suspenseful, restorative novel from one of our fine young voices.--Colum McCann

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