Gun Love
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Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
Longlisted for the 2018 National Book AwardsA New York Times Editor's Choice
Time's 10 Best Fiction Books of 2018
Library Journal's Best Books of 2018 The searing, unforgettable story of a young girl's resilience, by the award-winning author of Prayers for the Stolen Pearl's mother took her away from her family just weeks after she was born, and drove off to central Florida determined to begin a new life for herself and her daughter--in the parking lot next to a trailer park. Pearl grew up in the front seat of their '94 Mercury, while her mother lived in the back. Despite their hardships, mother and daughter both adjusted to life, making friends with the residents of the trailers and creating a deep connection to each other. All around them, Florida is populated with gun owners--those hunting alligators for sport, those who want to protect their families, and those who create a sense of danger. Written in a gorgeous lyric all its own, Gun Love is the story of a tough but optimistic young woman growing up in contemporary America, in the midst of its harrowing love affair with firearms.
Jennifer Clement is a novelist, poet, and biographer. Her writing has been published in a number of anthologies. She was a part of the NYC art movement in the early 1980s, but now calls Mexico City home. She was just granted the Sistema Nacional de Creadores, a reward given out in Mexico for excellent achievements to writing, which has previously gone to Carlos Fuentes and Octavio Paz. She is also the director of the San Miguel Poetry Week, which she co-founded.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781524761691 |
| ISBN 10 | 1524761699 |
| Title | Gun Love |
| Author | Jennifer Clement |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press |
| Year published | 2019-03-12 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Aspen Words Literary Prize 2019, Long-listed for Aspen Words Literary Prize 2018, Long-listed for National Book Award 2018 |
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