The Book of Hard Things: A Novel
by Sue Halpern
A provocative first novel that explores the porous borders between friendship, sex and loveAt eighteen, Cuzzy Gage has never been out of Poverty, the isolated mountain hamlet where he was born, raised, and--much to the annoyance of his dreamy girlfriend, the mother of his child--seems destined to stay. He is content to hang out and just get by; it's as if ambition hasn't occurred to him. Ente...(more)
