Backroads
Tawni O’Dell

New American Library 2000. Mjuk pärm 342 sidor. Mycket gott skick.
ISBN 9780451212450

"In Harley, O'Dell has created a hero who's heartbreakingly believable; like Holden Caulfield, he uses caustic humor to hide his pain. Readers will care very much about him and his future, if indeed he has one." St. Petersburg Times

"Harley," he called over to me. "Would you shoot a rabid skunk?"
The question had barely left his lips before the two cashiers realized the potential scandal by mentioning guns around me. They both perked up their ears and gave me their full attention, something I could never get them to do when I had a question about a price check....

Harley Altmyer's mother is in prison for killing his father. So Harley is bringing up his younger sisters and working two jobs to pay the bills-and that doesn't leave a lot of time for distractions. But lately, he's getting more and more distracted-by Callie Mercer, an older woman who fills him with such desire he fears he might explode. And while he struggles to keep it together, things begin to spin out of control. Soon Harley finds that as shattered as his family is, there are still more shattering surprises in store....

"An intense story of family, frailty, and dysfunction set in the coal-mining towns of western Pennsylvania...captivatingly told." Chicago Tribune

"Tense... involving...deftly captures the voice of a teenage boy who's in trouble."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Nearly impossible to put down." The Denver Post

"Outrageously unconventional...a very funny book." The Baltimore Sun

"Do not miss this one." Mademoiselle