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Losing his temper when he hears allegations about his daughter and a group of boys at a party, Tucker Jones inadvertently assaults one of the boys and is targeted in a legal battle that threatens his home, career, freedom, and relationship with his daughter. 25,000 first printing.
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..." a frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me...." -- Richard Ford
"The tension in this novel begins in the first paragraph and does not cease until the last few pages."
"Psychologically acute.... A memorable exploration of familial love and penance, with a likeably bewildered - and articulate - protagonist."
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
"A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived."--RICHARD FORD
"This summer's exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin's
novel Breaking Her Fall. It's an intelligent story full of vivid characters."
--MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived. RICHARD FORD
This summer s exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin s
novel Breaking Her Fall. It s an intelligent story full of vivid characters.
MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
"
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived. RICHARD FORD
This summer s exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin s
novel Breaking Her Fall. It s an intelligent story full of vivid characters.
MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
"
"A corker--vivid, brilliantly marbled with harmonies and textures and people vibrant with life."
--Richard Bausch
"Goodwin gets so many things right here. Reminiscent of Robert Boswell, this is a layered, compassionate, extraordinarily graceful novel."
--starred review"Booklist" (07/01/2003)
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
"A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived."--RICHARD FORD
"This summer's exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin's
novel Breaking Her Fall. It's an intelligent story full of vivid characters."
--MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
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"The tension in this novel begins in the first paragraph and does not cease until the last few pages."
"Psychologically acute.... A memorable exploration of familial love and penance, with a likeably bewildered - and articulate - protagonist."
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
"A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived."--RICHARD FORD
"This summer's exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin's
novel Breaking Her Fall. It's an intelligent story full of vivid characters."
--MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived. RICHARD FORD
This summer s exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin s
novel Breaking Her Fall. It s an intelligent story full of vivid characters.
MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
"
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived. RICHARD FORD
This summer s exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin s
novel Breaking Her Fall. It s an intelligent story full of vivid characters.
MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
"
"A corker--vivid, brilliantly marbled with harmonies and textures and people vibrant with life."
--Richard Bausch
"Goodwin gets so many things right here. Reminiscent of Robert Boswell, this is a layered, compassionate, extraordinarily graceful novel."
--starred review"Booklist" (07/01/2003)
PRAISE FOR BREAKING HER FALL
"A frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is,
in one sense, a page-turner, and in another a true and good story of
human frailty and imperfection survived."--RICHARD FORD
"This summer's exquisitely rendered migraine is Stephen Goodwin's
novel Breaking Her Fall. It's an intelligent story full of vivid characters."
--MAUREEN CORRIGAN, on NPR'S FRESH AIR
"BREAKING HER FALL is a frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is, in one sense, a page turner, and in another a true and good story of human frailty and imperfection survived." - Richard Ford
On an ordinary summer night in 1998, my daughter, Kathryn - Kat, we all called her, a fourteen-year-old who still liked to wear her blond hair in pigtails - told me that she was going to the movies with Abby, her best friend, but they never got there. Instead, they hooked up with some other kids, and decided to blow off the movie. It was a hot, dense Washington night, and one of the boys - Jed Vandenberg - invited everybody back to his house. He had a pool. His parents were away. The kids started drinking beer and vodka shooters. Just before eleven, when Kat was supposed to phone to let me know she was safe at Abby's house, I got a call from a stranger.
|"BREAKING HER FALL is a frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is, in one sense, a page turner, and in another a true and good story of human frailty and imperfection survived." - Richard Ford
On an ordinary summer night in 1998, my daughter, Kathryn - Kat, we all called her, a fourteen-year-old who still liked to wear her blond hair in pigtails - told me that she was going to the movies with Abby, her best friend, but they never got there. Instead, they hooked up with some other kids, and decided to blow off the movie. It was a hot, dense Washington night, and one of the boys - Jed Vandenberg - invited everybody back to his house. He had a pool. His parents were away. The kids started drinking beer and vodka shooters. Just before eleven, when Kat was supposed to phone to let me know she was safe at Abby's house, I got a call from a stranger.
On an ordinary summer night in 1998, my daughter, Kathryn - Kat, we all called her, a fourteen-year-old who still liked to wear her blond hair in pigtails - told me that she was going to the movies with Abby, her best friend, but they never got there. Instead, they hooked up with some other kids, and decided to blow off the movie. It was a hot, dense Washington night, and one of the boys - Jed Vandenberg - invited everybody back to his house. He had a pool. His parents were away. The kids started drinking beer and vodka shooters. Just before eleven, when Kat was supposed to phone to let me know she was safe at Abby's house, I got a call from a stranger.
|"BREAKING HER FALL is a frank, plain-spoken, passionate novel that got its grips on me. It is, in one sense, a page turner, and in another a true and good story of human frailty and imperfection survived." - Richard Ford
On an ordinary summer night in 1998, my daughter, Kathryn - Kat, we all called her, a fourteen-year-old who still liked to wear her blond hair in pigtails - told me that she was going to the movies with Abby, her best friend, but they never got there. Instead, they hooked up with some other kids, and decided to blow off the movie. It was a hot, dense Washington night, and one of the boys - Jed Vandenberg - invited everybody back to his house. He had a pool. His parents were away. The kids started drinking beer and vodka shooters. Just before eleven, when Kat was supposed to phone to let me know she was safe at Abby's house, I got a call from a stranger.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 015100806X
- ISBN 13 9780151008063
- BindingUnknown Binding
- Number of pages320
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