The Boy: A Novel

by Lara Santoro

for $ 11.99

"Gorgeous, fiercely intelligent, deeply honest, and incredibly entertaining." ---Anne Lamott

Anna has always been a risk-taker and a free spirit, but now she is raising a young daughter on her own and she has to play it safe. Her twenty-something neighbor with the slow, easy smile is in no way part of Anna's plans. She resists temptation in every way she can, yet Anna is soon drawn into a reckless and obsessive affair.

Provocative, headlong, and utterly compelling,… (more)

"Gorgeous, fiercely intelligent, deeply honest, and incredibly entertaining." ---Anne Lamott

Provocative, headlong, and utterly compelling, THE BOY is the story of a woman on the edge, torn between love and compulsion, desire and duty. Lara Santoro writes in "hypnotic and swiftly paced" prose (Daniel Woodrell) about the hazards of passion and motherhood and about one woman's unthinkable rebellion.

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Fiction Literary American and Canadian literature

Editorial reviews (3 reviews)

Fantasy Book Critic : "The Boy" by Lara Santoro (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) (April 18, 2013)

Funny, sensual, sad, ironical, cynical on occasion and an extraordinary reading experience.

Kirkus Reviews : The Boy (January 18, 2013)

Apparently meaningful passages mar an otherwise solid effort to tell a compelling story.

Wall Street Journal : Spray-Paint Heroes (January 11, 2013)

"The Boy" achieves startling power because of Ms. Santoro's refusal to soften the edges of her riveting main character, who hates and loves at hotblooded extremes.