E-book
The local news a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385529709 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 0385529708 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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electronic resource
remote - Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2009.
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| General Note: | Title from eBook information screen. |
| System Details Note: | Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2115 KB). |
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| Subject: | Young women -- Fiction Brothers -- Death -- Fiction Grief -- Fiction Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Electronic books. |
Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
Bright, precocious but socially awkward Lydia Pasternak reports on the aftermath of her older brother's disappearance. Danny was everything Lydia wasn't: at ease with their parents, popular in school, physically imposing, beloved by the opposite sex. Danny went from being Lydia's playmate in their youth to her tormentor in high school, so his disappearance leaves Lydia with some very mixed feelings, one of which is relief. As time goes on and the weekend search parties prove more and more fruitless, Lydia struggles with the fact that her geeky best friend, David, has feelings for her; she also obsesses over the private investigator hired by the family and allows herself to be sucked into the social world Danny once dominated. - Random House, Inc.
BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide.
When fifteen-year-old Lydia Pasternakâs popular older brother Danny disappears late one summer night, she unwillingly becomes a celebrity in her community and an afterthought to her bereaved parents. In Dannyâs absence, Lydia blossoms from a bookish outcast to the center of attention, all while grappling with her grudging grief for a brother she never particularly liked. When an intriguing private investigator enters the picture, Lydia finds herself drawn into the search for clues to Dannyâs whereabouts. The shocking end to that trail of cluesâan end that Lydia never prepares forâwill haunt her for the rest of her life. An authentic and at times surprisingly funny dissection of public and private grief, The Local News is an accomplished, affecting debut.
