'GROUNDBREAKING . . . THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG BOOKS OF 2022' STYLIST 'AN ELECTRIFYING DEBUT' DAVE EGGERS 'MARKS THE INTRODUCTION OF A REMARKABLE NEW TALENT' OPRAH DAILY 'TRULY BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL' RUTH OZEKI 'LEILA MOTTLEY'S WRITING ERUPTS AND FLOWS LIKE LAVA' TOMMY ORANGE When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.
Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a rehab facility and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her. Then one night...
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'GROUNDBREAKING . . . THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BIG BOOKS OF 2022'STYLIST
'AN ELECTRIFYING DEBUT'
DAVE EGGERS
'MARKS THE INTRODUCTION OF A REMARKABLE NEW TALENT'
OPRAH DAILY
'TRULY BEAUTIFUL AND POWERFUL'
RUTH OZEKI
'LEILA MOTTLEY'S WRITING ERUPTS AND FLOWS LIKE LAVA'
TOMMY ORANGE
When there is no choice, all you have left to do is walk.
Kiara Johnson does not know what it is to live as a normal seventeen-year-old. With her mother in a rehab facility and an older brother who devotes his time and money to a recording studio, she fends for herself – and for nine-year-old Trevor, whose own mother is prone to disappearing for days at a time. As the landlord of their apartment block threatens to raise their rent, Kiara finds herself walking the streets after dark, determined to survive in a world that refuses to protect her.
Then one night...