Hurt people : [a novel] / Cote Smith.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Smith, Cote, 1982-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Brothers--Fiction.
• Brothers.
• Escaped prisoners.
• Escaped prisoners--Fiction.
• Kansas.
• Kansas--Leavenworth.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Psychological fiction.

Physical Description:

324 pages ; 19 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

Summary:

• "A novel about two brothers growing up in the prison town of Leavenworth, Kansas"-- Provided by publisher.
• 1988. Northeastern Kansas is shaken by the recent escape of a convict. But for two young brothers in Leavenworth, the only thing that matters is the pool in their apartment complex. They are forbidden to swim alone, but with no one home to supervise the boys decide to break the rules. At the pool they meet Chris, a stranger who promises an escape from their broken-home blues. As the older brother and Chris grow closer, the wary younger brother desperately tries to keep his best friend from slipping away.

Notes:

Subtitle from cover.

ISBN:

• 9780374535889
• 0374535884

OCLC:

922291478

Online:

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