Pub Date: 2014-04-15 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins Chosen by Denis Lehane for his eponymous imprint. Ivy Pochoda's Visitation Street is a riveting literary mystery set against the rough-hewn backdrop of the New York waterfront in Red Hook .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.This shocking event will echo through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents Fadi. the Lebanese bodega owner. hopes that his shop will be the place to share neighborhood news and troll for information about June's disappearance. Cree. just beginning to pull it together after his father's murder. unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect. bu...
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"A stunner of a literary thriller. Grade A-" "-Entertainment Weekly"--Entertainment Weekly
""Visitation Street" explores a community's response to tragedy with crystalline prose, a dose of the uncanny, and an unblinking eye for both human frailty and resilience. Marvelous."--Deborah Harkness, bestselling author of "A Discovery of Witches"
""Visitation Street" [is] beautiful, haunting. Ivy Pochoda brings forth the full palette of human emotions in this gripping urban drama, a story that hurts you on one page and gives you hope on the next. A marvelous novel."--Michael Koryta, award winning author of "So Cold the River"
"Visitation Street has a wonderfully eerie and intriguing premise...but it's the evocation of place, the spot-on rendering of a diverse cast of characters, and the poetic pitch of the writing that elevates the book into the sphere of literature."--Library Journal
"A powerfully beautiful novel" - Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"--New York Times Book Review
"Utterly transporting."-"People"--People
""Visitation Street" is urban opera writ large. Gritty and magical, filled with mystery, poetry and pain, Ivy Pochoda's voice recalls Richard Price, Junot Diaz, and even Alice Sebold, yet it's indelibly her own."--Dennis Lehane
A powerfully beautiful novel - Marilyn Stasio, "New York Times Book Review"--New York Times Book Review"
A stunner of a literary thriller. Grade A- "-Entertainment Weekly"--Entertainment Weekly"
Utterly transporting. -"People"--People"
Utterly compelling literary crime from a major new voice.
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Book Description Ecco Press, 2014. Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English . Brand New Book. Chosen by Dennis Lehane for his eponymous imprint, Ivy Pochoda s Visitation Street is a riveting literary mystery set against the rough-hewn backdrop of the New York waterfront in Red Hook. 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. This shocking event will echo through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, hopes that his shop will be the place to share neighborhood news and troll for information about June s disappearance. Cree, just beginning to pull it together after his father s murder, unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect, but an enigmatic and elusive guardian is determined to keep him safe. Val contends with the shadow of her missing friend and a truth she buries deep inside. Her teacher Jonathan, a Julliard School dropout and barfly, wrestles with dashed dreams and a past riddled with tragic sins. Seller Inventory # LIB9780062249906
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Book Description Ecco Press, 2014. Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English . Brand New Book. Chosen by Dennis Lehane for his eponymous imprint, Ivy Pochoda s Visitation Street is a riveting literary mystery set against the rough-hewn backdrop of the New York waterfront in Red Hook. 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. This shocking event will echo through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, hopes that his shop will be the place to share neighborhood news and troll for information about June s disappearance. Cree, just beginning to pull it together after his father s murder, unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect, but an enigmatic and elusive guardian is determined to keep him safe. Val contends with the shadow of her missing friend and a truth she buries deep inside. Her teacher Jonathan, a Julliard School dropout and barfly, wrestles with dashed dreams and a past riddled with tragic sins. Seller Inventory # LIB9780062249906
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Book Description Ecco Press, 2014. Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English . This book usually ship within 10-15 business days and we will endeavor to dispatch orders quicker than this where possible. Brand New Book. Chosen by Dennis Lehane for his eponymous imprint, Ivy Pochoda s Visitation Street is a riveting literary mystery set against the rough-hewn backdrop of the New York waterfront in Red Hook. 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. This shocking event will echo through the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, hopes that his shop will be the place to share neighborhood news and troll for information about June s disappearance. Cree, just beginning to pull it together after his father s murder, unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect, but an enigmatic and elusive guardian is determined to keep him safe. Val contends with the shadow of her missing friend and a truth she buries deep inside. Her teacher Jonathan, a Julliard School dropout and barfly, wrestles with dashed dreams and a past riddled with tragic sins. Seller Inventory # BZE9780062249906
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Book Description Dennis Lehane Books/Ecco. PAPERBACK. Condition: New. 0062249908. Seller Inventory # Z0062249908ZN
Book Description Dennis Lehane Books/Ecco. PAPERBACK. Condition: New. 0062249908. Seller Inventory # Z0062249908ZN