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William Morrow Paperbacks
August 2014
On Sale: August 5, 2014
Featuring: Gwendolyn Griffin; Leo
304 pages
ISBN: 0062292374
EAN: 9780062292377
Kindle: B00FJ37E2K
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Romance
From award-winning poet Michaela Carter comes a taut and
erotically charged literary debut, set against the chaos
of
the 1992 L.A. riots, about three twentysomethings
searching
for meaning in their lives In the Neverland that is Los Angeles, where make-believe
seems possible, three dreamers find themselves on the
verge
of transformation. Twenty-five-year-old poet Gwendolyn
Griffin works as a stripper to put herself through
graduate
school. Her perpetually stoned boyfriend, Leo, dresses in
period costume to hawk his music downtown and seems to be
losing his already tenuous grip on reality. And their
flamboyant best friend and neighbor, nightclub crooner
Count
Valiant, is slowly withering away. When the city explodes in violence after the Rodney King
verdict, the chaos becomes a catalyst for change. Valiant
is
invigorated; Leo plans a new stunt—walking into East L.A.
naked, holding a white flag; and Gwen, discovering she is
pregnant, is pulled between the girl she's been and the
woman she could become. But before Gwen can embrace
motherhood, she's forced to face the questions she's been
avoiding: Can Leo be a father? Can she leave the club life
behind, or will the city's spell prove too seductive? Weaving poetry and sensuality with an edgy urban
sensibility, Further Out Than You Thought is a celebration
of life, an ode to motherhood, and a haunting story of
love,
friendship, and one woman's quest for redemption.
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