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In the long, humid summer of 1976, robert is blindsided by a series of events both happy and tragic. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a good american. Join the leading website for book clubs with over 35,000 clubs and 20,000 reading guides. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets nathan tilly. We are currently distributing bundles of 30 free kite kits. From the author of the lyrical and compelling usa today novel a good american, the powerful story of the unintended consequences that friendship, hope, and obsession impose on two. If youd like to enter and win those copies for your book club, you can enter the contest by entering here. Read the full excerpt reading guide organizing a reading group.
Setting free the kites by alex george overview from the author of the lyrical and compelling usa today novel a good american comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. In doing so, each character came alive and were lovable in their own way. Setting free the kites alex george simon and schuster hardcover 336 pages february 2017. Join the leading website for book clubs with over 35,000 clubs and. Setting free the kites book pima county public library. This event is free and open to the public, but proof of purchase of setting free the kites from left bank books will be required to enter the signing line. Bookseller recommendation setting free the kites this heartfelt and compelling novel from a good american author alex george is a story of friendship, loss, and how we deal with grief, a story about how a single friendship can change us forever. Setting free the kites by alex george reading guidebook club. Piotrowicz 372017 i recently devoured a book called setting free the kites by novelist alex george. From the author of the lyrical and compelling usa today novel a good american comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. Setting free the kites is a comingofage novel driven by the forces of hope. Author alex george on what inspired him to write this coming of age story in a very american time and place. The program is funded by donations made to the aka.
Setting free the kites by alex george books on tape. Setting free the kites a story on friendship youtube. Meet alex george, author of a good american and setting free the kites, as he introduces his latest historical fiction novel, the paris hours, set over the course of a single day in the city of light in 1927. A decade after turkish forces drove souren balakian from his home in anatolia, he attempts to exorcize terrifying memories. Alex george studied law at oxford and has practiced as an attorney for more than twenty years in london, paris, and the united states. Setting free the kites by alex george overdrive rakuten.
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Setting free the kites, by alex george washington post. Setting free the kites by alex george is a moving novel of friendship, family, loss and reconciliation nathan tilly and his parents arrive in haverford, maine, in the autumn of 1976, following mr. Setting free the kites by alex george shelf awareness. Setting free the kites funny, devastating, and so human and humane, this novel is filled with characters so alive and complex. Mar 07, 2017 left bank books presents missouri author alex george, who will sign and discuss his new novel, setting free the kites.
Alex george proved to be a master of character development here, giving each character their own idiosyncrasies. I occasionally checked to see if alex george had published his second book and have been patiently waiting its arrival. Setting free the kites by alex george, paperback barnes. Set in maine, this gentle novel of wonderful characterizations focuses on the family dramas of robert carter. Mar 23, 2017 setting free the kites by alex george. For robert carter, life in his coastal maine hometown is comfortably predictable. Stream setting free the kites by alex george, read by ari fliakos by prh audio from desktop or your mobile device.
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