Something Rising (Light and Swift): A Novel - Softcover

Kimmel, Haven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743247779 ISBN 13: 9780743247771

Publisher: Free Press, 2005

Synopsis

Cassie Claiborne's world is riddled with problems beyond her control: her hard-living, pool-shooting father has another wife; her mother can't seem to move herself mentally away from the kitchen window; and her sister Belle is a tempest of fragility and brilliance. Frustrated by her inability to care for so many, Cassie finds in the local pool hall an oasis of green felt where she can master objects and restrain her emotions.
As Cassie grows up, she takes on the thankless role of family provider by working odd jobs and hustling pool. All the while she keeps her eye on the ultimate prize: wringing suitable justice from past wrongs and freeing herself from her life's inertia. In this uplifting story, Haven Kimmel reaches deep into the hamstrung souls of her fictional corner of Indiana to create an astonishing work of pure heartbreak.

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Review:

"Something Rising (Light and Swift) is a stunner of a story that continues Kimmel's tradition of mixing page-turning narrative with heartbreaking honesty...Kimmel is a master of making [details] -- the stuff of everyday life -- endlessly readable." -- BookPage

""Something Rising (Light and Swift)" is a stunner of a story that continues Kimmel's tradition of mixing page-turning narrative with heartbreaking honesty...Kimmel is a master of making [details] -- the stuff of everyday life -- endlessly readable."
-- "BookPage"

"Kimmel, who clearly knows her way around a pool table, writes some mean sentences, as crisp as a perfectly executed bank shot."
-- "USA Today"

"Kimmel reveals a Midwest that lies beyond the normal small-town, apple pie, heartland caricatures...Sam Shepard, eat your heart out!"
-- "Elle"

"Haven Kimmel hustles up a girl to steal your heart...If this book were a pool game, Kimmel would run the table all night long."
-- "Newsweek"

About the Author:

Haven Kimmel is the author of The Used World, She Got Up Off the Couch, Something Rising (Light and Swift), The Solace of Leaving Early, and A Girl Named Zippy. She studied English and creative writing at Ball State University and North Carolina State University and attended seminary at the Earlham School of Religion. She lives in Durham, N.C.

About this edition

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743247779
• ISBN 13: 9780743247771
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288