Crooked Little Heart

Crooked Little Heart

Crooked Little Heart, the second in international best-selling author Anne Lamott's moving trilogy about a mother and her daughter, is both a warm and witty examination of the trials and triumphs of adolescence and parenthood.

Now on the cusp of adolescence, Rosie is obsessed with tournament tennis, but finds that her athletic gifts place her in peril as a shadowy stalker begins to develop an obsession of his own.

Meanwhile, Rosie's mother Elizabeth, a recovering alcoholic, continues to grieve over the death of her first husband, while her second husband, a writer, struggles with his own demons.

With the same winning combination of humour and honesty that marked her two recent books, Lamott's new novel gives us an exuberant, richly absorbing portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected.

Crooked Little Heart will appeal to admirers of Jodi Picoult's novels, as well as readers of coming-of-age novels and popular fiction.

UWA Publishing released the third in this trilogy - Imperfect Birds - in 2010 and the first - Rosie - in early 2011.

Anne Lamott is the author of the New York Times best sellers Grace (Eventually), Plan B, Traveling Mercies, and Operating Instructions, as well as seven novels, including Rosie and Imperfect Birds. Lamott is also a columnist for Salon Magazine, amongst others, and a regular contributor to 'O' The Oprah Magazine. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she lives in Northern California.

Crooked Little Heart
UWA Publishing
Author: Anne Lamott
ISBN: 9781742582610
Price: $24.95