Jumping the Green - Softcover

Schwartz, Leslie

3.52

52 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841951625 ISBN 13: 9781841951621

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd, 2001

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Sex and love, violence and death, become inextricably entwined in this compelling tale of a young woman's grief over her sister's unsolved murder. Louise Goldblum is the new 'it' girl on the San Francisco art scene and seems on the cusp of national stardom. Then her sister's body is found in a motel room - naked and with a bullet through her head. Devastated by this loss, Louise plunges into a dangerous, psycho-sexual affair with photographer Zeke, and pushes herself perilously close to following her sister's fate. Acutely perceptive and daringly lyrical, Jumping the Green marks the debut of a breathtaking new literary voice.

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Schwartz's portrait of grief is emotive and dangerously decadent...outstanding. * * The Times * * Schwartz demonstrates how a character study can prove highly compelling when the author's imagination is sufficiently vivid. Her depiction of middle-class life is simultaneously witty and harrowing. A superbly written debut. * * Time Out * * It's evident this won't be the last time we hear from her and Jumping the Green represents a confident debut. * * Sunday Herald * * From the muted suburb-scapes of Louise's childhood to the hip bars, apartments and studios of the city, Schwartz has a gift for evocative description, but it is the emotional details which hit hardest here. * * Big Issue in the North * *

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'Startlingly well-written, and a mature work in its power to shake you up.' Esquire

A stirring, erotic tale of a young woman whose grief over her sister's unsolved murder propels her into a torrid and dangerous affair.

Louise is the latest sensation on the San Francisco art scene. Her art is making an impact and her success is flourishing, until her adored elder sister is found murdered in a motel room, then her life starts to deteriorate. After a night of excessive drinking, she enters into a destructive relationship with Zeke, a controversial photographer.

At first, Zeke's hypnotic charms seem to offer Louise escape from the haunting events of her life - including her tumultuous childhood as the youngest member of the eccentric Goldblum family. But as Louise's trysts with Zeke become increasingly violent so, too, does the power of her memories. The further Louise becomes entangled in Zeke's web, the deeper her mind retreats into the buried layers of her past, revisiting the turbulent and often self-destructive episodes that typified the Goldblum clan. Desperate to escape her chaotic past and tortured present, Louise risks everthing - her career as an artist, her relationship with her family - in hopes of carving a path through the debris of her sister's death and her own shattered life.

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