Early Leaving - Hardcover

Goldman, Judy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060594586 ISBN 13: 9780060594589

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2004

Synopsis

When her overwhelming love for her athletic honor student son proves suffocating for him, Kathryne Smallwood is horrified when he commits murder in order to conduct an ultimate act of disappointment, a situation that forces her to evaluate her over-involvement in his life and her possible responsibility for his actions. 20,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"It's Early Leavings' themes, rather than simply its plot, that make it a page-turning read."--Lexington Herald-Leader

"Early Leaving is a disturbing book about a teenager who is given every advantage but still goes horribly wrong."--Detroit Free Press

"Early Leaving is a delicate portrait of self-deception."--Star News (Wilmington, N.C.)

"As in her first novel, The Slow Way Back, Goldman displays a keen eye here for the character-defining detail."--Washington Post

"Every mother should read Judy Goldman's new novel, Early Leaving."--Winston-Salem Journal

"A mother goes to great lengths to defend her son in this sentimental domestic tale with a racial spin."--Publishers Weekly

"Goldman's brutally honest dramatization of a dysfunctional family makes provocative reading."--Booklist

"Haunting questions of parenthood ripple through the pages of this thoughtful second novel."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer

A mother goes to great lengths to defend her son in this sentimental domestic tale with a racial spin. --Publishers Weekly"

Goldman s brutally honest dramatization of a dysfunctional family makes provocative reading. --Booklist"

About the Author:

Judy Goldman's first novel, The Slow Way Back, won the Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Award and the Mary Ruffin Poole First Work of Fiction Award, and was a finalist for the Southeast Booksellers Association's Best Novel of the Year. She is also the author of two books of poetry. Her work has been published widely in literary journals, and her commentaries have aired on public radio. She and her husband live in Charlotte, North Carolina. They have two married children and twin granddaughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0060594586
• ISBN 13: 9780060594589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 293