Flying shoes: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Status:
North Regional - Adult Fiction
HOWORTH
Northeast Regional - Adult Fiction
HOWORTH
Southeast Regional - Adult Fiction
HOWORTH
Copies
Location
Call Number
Status
North Regional - Adult Fiction
HOWORTH
On Shelf
Northeast Regional - Adult Fiction
HOWORTH
On Shelf
Southeast Regional - Adult Fiction
HOWORTH
On Shelf
More Details
Published:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc:
325 pages ; 25 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781620403013 : HRD, 1620403013 : HRD, 9781620403013 (HRD), 1620403013 (HRD), 9781620403013, 1620403013
Notes
Description
"Mary Byrd Thornton could understand how a reporter couldn't resist the story: a nine-year-old boy sexually molested and killed on Mother's Day, 1966. A suspect to whom nothing would stick. A neighborhood riddled with secrets. No one, especially the bungling or complicit authorities, had been able to solve the crime. Now, thirty years later, the reporter's call will reel a reluctant Mary Byrd from Mississippi back to Virginia where she must confront her family--and, once again, the murder's irremovable stain of tragedy. Lisa Howorth's remarkable Flying Shoes is a work of fiction, but the murder is based on the still-unsolved case of her stepbrother, a front page story in the Washington Post. And yet this is not a crime novel; it is an honest and luminous story of a particular time and place in the South, where even calamitous weather can be a character, everyone has a story, and all are inextricably entwined. With a flamboyant cast, splendid dark humor, a potent sense of history, and a shocking true story at its heart, Flying Shoes is a rich and candid novel from a fresh new southern voice about family and memory and one woman's flight from a wounded past"--,Provided by publisher.
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Howorth, L. (2014). Flying shoes: a novel. First U.S. edition. New York, Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Howorth, Lisa. 2014. Flying Shoes: A Novel. New York, Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Howorth, Lisa, Flying Shoes: A Novel. New York, Bloomsbury, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Howorth, Lisa. Flying Shoes: A Novel. First U.S. edition. New York, Bloomsbury, 2014.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
104c2492-a985-8d8c-6966-77b599374085
Record Information
Last Horizon Extract Time | Mar 15, 2024 02:07:23 PM |
---|---|
Last File Modification Time | Mar 16, 2024 03:10:44 AM |
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Mar 16, 2024 03:09:37 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 02702cam a2200457 i 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | ocn862148954 | ||
003 | OCoLC | ||
005 | 20160905135400.0 | ||
008 | 131104s2014 nyu 000 1 eng | ||
010 | |a 2013039124 | ||
020 | |a 9781620403013 : HRD|c 26.00 | ||
020 | |a 1620403013 : HRD|c 26.00 | ||
020 | |a 9781620403013 (HRD)|c 26.00 | ||
020 | |a 1620403013 (HRD)|c 26.00 | ||
020 | |a 9781620403013 | ||
020 | |a 1620403013 | ||
035 | |a 688623 | ||
040 | |a DLC|b eng|e rda|c DLC|d OCLCO|d YDXCP|d BTCTA|d BDX|d JSE|d UtOrBLW | ||
042 | |a pcc | ||
049 | |a NXAA | ||
050 | 0 | 0 | |a PS3608.O95729|b F59 2014 |
082 | 0 | 0 | |a 813/.6|2 23 |
092 | |a HOWORTH | ||
100 | 1 | |a Howorth, Lisa | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Flying shoes :|b a novel /|c Lisa Howorth. |
250 | |a First U.S. edition. | ||
264 | 1 | |a New York :|b Bloomsbury,|c 2014. | |
300 | |a 325 pages ;|c 25 cm | ||
336 | |a text|b txt|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a unmediated|b n|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a volume|b nc|2 rdacarrier | ||
520 | |a "Mary Byrd Thornton could understand how a reporter couldn't resist the story: a nine-year-old boy sexually molested and killed on Mother's Day, 1966. A suspect to whom nothing would stick. A neighborhood riddled with secrets. No one, especially the bungling or complicit authorities, had been able to solve the crime. Now, thirty years later, the reporter's call will reel a reluctant Mary Byrd from Mississippi back to Virginia where she must confront her family--and, once again, the murder's irremovable stain of tragedy. Lisa Howorth's remarkable Flying Shoes is a work of fiction, but the murder is based on the still-unsolved case of her stepbrother, a front page story in the Washington Post. And yet this is not a crime novel; it is an honest and luminous story of a particular time and place in the South, where even calamitous weather can be a character, everyone has a story, and all are inextricably entwined. With a flamboyant cast, splendid dark humor, a potent sense of history, and a shocking true story at its heart, Flying Shoes is a rich and candid novel from a fresh new southern voice about family and memory and one woman's flight from a wounded past"--|c Provided by publisher. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Women journalist|v Fiction. | |
650 | 0 | |a Cold cases (Criminal investigation)|v Fiction | |
650 | 0 | |a Sexually abused boys|v Fiction. | |
650 | 0 | |a Murder|x Investigation|v Fiction | |
655 | 7 | |a Suspense fiction|v Fiction. | |
949 | |b 32046300170508|c SYSAFIC|d HOWORTH|l NER|n 5790269|o 0|s i|w 03/08/2016|x 14|y BK | ||
949 | |b 32046206108081|c SYSAFIC|d HOWORTH|l NOR|n 5349426|o 0|s i|w 05/23/2014|x 17|y BK | ||
949 | |b 32046300170466|c SYSAFIC|d HOWORTH|l SER|n 5790265|o 0|s i|w 03/08/2016|x 3|y BK | ||
999 | |a 688623 |