Wolf bells : a novel
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Zumas, Leni, 1972- author.
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Wolf bells : a novel
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Zumas, Leni, 1972- author.
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On a bluff above a river rises The House, where elderly and disabled residents live alongside young people who help out in exchange for free rent. The community is led by a former punk singer who never wanted to be responsible for anyone yet now finds herself the caretaker of this precarious collection of lives. It's not a family, exactly, but it's got the complicated, sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious, dynamics of kinship. When two kids--Nola and her little cousin James--show up on The House's back porch in need of refuge, the whole experiment is thrown into question. All are welcome here, or that was the idea. But the authorities are looking for these children,and The House's finances are teetering on the edge.
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Singers -- Fiction.
Group homes -- Fiction.
Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.
Autistic youth -- Fiction.
Neurodivergent youth -- Fiction.
Holocaust survivors -- Fiction.
Chanteurs -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Foyers de groupe -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Relations entre générations -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Survivants de l'Holocauste -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Domestic fiction.
Novels.
Psychological fiction.
Romans.
Summary
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On a bluff above a river rises The House, where elderly and disabled residents live alongside young people who help out in exchange for free rent. The community is led by a former punk singer who never wanted to be responsible for anyone yet now finds herself the caretaker of this precarious collection of lives. It's not a family, exactly, but it's got the complicated, sometimes painful, sometimes hilarious, dynamics of kinship. When two kids--Nola and her little cousin James--show up on The House's back porch in need of refuge, the whole experiment is thrown into question. All are welcome here, or that was the idea. But the authorities are looking for these children,and The House's finances are teetering on the edge.
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| Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Material Type | Shelf Location | Estado |
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| Sierra Vista Public Library | F ZUMAS | 39315002656723 | New books | New Fiction | New Fiction |