M. O. Walsh

A man reflects on the summer of his 14th year, where in Baton Rouge he fell in love with a golden-haired girl across the street before an unspeakable crime shattered illusions in his seemingly idyllic neighborhood. A first novel.

My Sunshine Away

The New York Times bestselling author of My Sunshine Away returns with another instant Southern classic: a gripping and heartfelt novel about a mysterious machine that upends a small Louisiana town, asking us all to wonder if who we truly are is who we truly could be. What would you do if you knew your life's potential? That's the question facing the residents of Deerfield, Louisiana, when the DNAMIX machine appears in their local grocery store. It's nothing to look at, really--it resembles a plain photo booth. But its promise is amazing: With just a quick swab of your cheek and two dollars, the device claims to use the science of DNA to tell you your life's potential. With enough credibility to make the townspeople curious, soon the former teachers, nurses, and shopkeepers of Deerfield are abruptly changing course to pursue their destinies as magicians, cowboys, and athletes--including the novel's main characters, Douglas Hubbard and his wife, Cherilyn, who both believed they were perfectly happy until they realized they could dream for more... Written with linguistic grace and a sense of wonder, The Big Door Prize sparkles with keen observations about what it might mean to stay true to oneself while honoring the bonds of marriage, friendship, and community, and how the glimmer of possibility can pull these bonds apart, bring them back together, and make second chances possible, even under the strangest of circumstances.

The Big Door Prize

Baton Rouge, capital do estado da Louisiana, nos Estados Unidos, é uma cidade conhecida por seus churrascos no jardim, tardes quentes de verão, barris de cerveja gelada e muitos fãs de futebol americano. Mas no verão de 1989, quando Lindy Simpson, uma das garotas mais bonitas do bairro e estrela das pistas de corrida, é estuprada perto de casa, fica claro que os subúrbios bucólicos de Baton Rouge também têm um lado obscuro. Para uma vizinhança tão pequena, os suspeitos do crime são muitos. Entre eles o narrador da história, um adolescente obcecado por Lindy que mora na casa em frente à da garota. E é por meio de suas lembranças que somos levados a entender como términos de relacionamentos, culpa e amor podem transformar a vida de maneiras irreversíveis. Combinando o encantamento da infância com a história de um crime violento, em uma prosa perturbadoramente bela, M. O. Walsh analisa os momentos do passado que afetam de forma mais profunda a vida adulta. Uma estreia excepcional que combina suspense com reflexões filosóficas sobre memória, humanidade e verdade.

Sonhos partidos

Sarai per sempre mia amica

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A tantalizing mystery and a tender coming-of-age story...Unputdownable."—Oprah.com In the summer of 1989, a Baton Rouge neighborhood best known for cookouts on sweltering summer afternoons, cauldrons of spicy crawfish, and passionate football fandom is rocked by a violent crime when fifteen-year-old Lindy Simpson—free spirit, track star, and belle of the block—is attacked late one evening near her home. For such a close-knit community, the suspects are numerous, and the secrets hidden behind each closed door begin to unravel. Even the young teenage boy across the street, our narrator, does not escape suspicion. It is through his eyes, still haunted by heartbreak and guilt many years later, that we begin to piece together the night of Lindy’s attack and its terrible rippling consequences on the once-idyllic community. Both an enchanting coming-of-age story and a gripping mystery, My Sunshine Away reveals the ways in which our childhoods shape us, and what happens when those childhoods end. Acutely wise and deeply honest, this is an astonishing and page-turning debut about the meaning of family, the power of memory, and our ability to forgive. Named A Book of the Year by NPR, The Dallas Morning News, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist An Entertainment Weekly 'Must List' Pick

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