Ivy Pochoda
2) These women
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as "these women." These women on the corner... These women in the club... These women who won't stop asking questions... These women who got what they deserved... In her masterful new novel, Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"It's summertime in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue-collar dockside neighborhood. June and Val, two fifteen-year-olds, take a raft out onto the bay at night to see what they can see. And then they disappear. Only Val will survive, washed ashore, semi-conscious in the weeds"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
ECCO, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of Visitation Street, a visionary portrait of contemporary Los Angeles in all its facets, from the Mojave Desert to the Pacific, from the 110 to Skid Row. When a teenage boy runs away from his father's mysterious commune, he sets in motion a domino effect that will connect six people all desperate for hope and love, scattered across the sun-bleached canvas of Los Angeles. There's Ren, just out of juvie, who travels to L.A....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Mel Snow marries Toby Warring, a magician, shortly after meeting him and slowly comes to realize that his magic is not an act but an unusual power that he doesn't always control. After a death at one of his performances, Toby becomes obsessed with using magic to correct past mistakes, and Mel finds herself increasingly swept into a world of illusions.