A boy triumphs over his abusive environment in this raw and gripping story from National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch.Daveys had to grow up fast in order to get awayaway from his beautiful mother, who loves him but cant take care of him; away from his charismatic but reckless father, who loves him too, but cant commit; and away from the people who look at him strangely because hes not like them. The only constant in his life has been his sister, Joanne. Shes fed him, protected him, and taken care of him ever since she was seven and he was two. Now Jo, still a teenager, has a baby herself, and its Daveys turn to take care of someone, to offer love like hes never known before. National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch describes in unflinching detail a squalid, urban scene in this meticulously crafted novel with evocative and lyrical prose (Publishers Weekly).
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