We the Animals

We the Animals

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Genres: Fiction Books, LGBT Books, Contemporary Fiction
Authors:
Pages: 128 pages
ISBN10: 0547576722
ISBN13: 9780547576725
Tags: Fiction Books, LGBT Books, Contemporary Fiction, Free Download, PDF Download
Language: en
Physical Form: PDF Book
Type: PDF

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

An exquisite, blistering debut novel

Three brothers tear their way through childhood-- smashing tomatoes all over each other, building kites from trash, hiding out when their parents do battle, tiptoeing around the house as their mother sleeps off her graveyard shift. Paps and Ma are from Brooklyn--he's Puerto Rican, she's white--and their love is a serious, dangerous thing that makes and unmakes a family many times.

Life in this family is fierce and absorbing, full of chaos and heartbreak and the euphoria of belonging completely to one another. From the intense familial unity felt by a child to the profound alienation he endures as he begins to see the world, this beautiful novel reinvents the coming-of-age story in a way that is sly and punch-in-the-stomach powerful.

Written in magical language with unforgettable images, this is a stunning exploration of the viscerally charged landscape of growing up, how deeply we are formed by our earliest bonds, and how we are ultimately propelled at escape velocity toward our futures.

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