$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780743247771
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Free Press, 4/2005
With a hard-edged main character who is a street smart, 9-ball prodigy, a temperamental tomboy, too knowing to accept her surroundings and too circumscribed by them to find release, comes a novel, and character, that isn’t easily forgotten. Cassie Claiborne grew up in hard times but learned to get by with flying fists and a steely resolve. Her comfort was in the local pool hall where she found her oasis where she could master objects and restrain her emotions. It is an enthralling novel with broader notions of love, faith, and hope, all written with delicate grace. I love that Kimmel has created a character that I missed the moment I finished the book, and I love how she takes aspects of the everyday and renders them transcendent.
