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  • av Genie Abrams
    309,-

    The scrappy Jewish kid who captivated readers in Louey Levy's Greatest Catch and Louey Levy's Perfect Pitch is now headed back to Newburgh, the city that never really left her. Before she can get home, though, she has to go through a few things: a crazy career as a journalist and labor activist; volunteering simultaneously for both Special Olympics and Planned Parenthood; becoming a mother; a failed marriage; and much more. Finally it's resilience, compassion and maybe a little shove from G-d that point her to her true love and her true self. Fans will rejoice to know that Heading Home includes a new "Three Kid Detectives" story, and there's no doubt that readers will find this Abrams novel to be a funny, touching and perfect culmination of the Louey Levy trilogy.

  • av Genie Abrams
    275,-

    "Louey Levy's Perfect Pitch," the sequel to Genie Abrams's acclaimed "Louey Levy's Greatest Catch," sees Louey through her college years -- the turbulent 1960s. Music makes that time "the best time in history to be young," as Louey fervently believes. It is also a time of war, assassinations, the Sexual Revolution, the rise of Black Power and Women's Liberation. Yet abortion is still illegal, even in New York State -- and Louey's voice-major friend desperately needs help. Who will provide that help, and how?"Perfect Pitch" gives readers a perfect story -- suspenseful, uplifting and touching. "Greatest Catch" fans will be glad to know that Louey's funny Jewish family is still providing plenty of laughs and wisdom. There is also a fascinating story-within-a-story here, as Louey, approaching adulthood, begins deeply and frequently considering the role that memory plays in personal identity -- and vice versa."Perfect Pitch" will delight adult and young-adult readers equally, and is guaranteed to win new fans for Louey Levy. You'll be glad you caught it!

  • - Newly Revised
    av Genie Abrams
    335

    LOUEY LEVY'S GREATEST CATCHRevised Editionby Genie AbramsIt's 1959 in the little city of Newburgh, New York, and all 11-year-old Louisa ("Louey") Levy wants to do is listen to rock 'n roll and play baseball with her big brother and their pals. It's an idyllic, small-town life -- until that life starts to crumble around her. In the space of just a few months, Louey's hero Buddy Holly is killed in a plane crash; her mother dies; and her father, Newburgh's city manager, suffers a stroke as he prepares for the city's 250th anniversary celebration. When she finds her best friend's teenage sister bleeding in an alley, Louey must quickly -- and painfully -- learn the meaning of loyalty and courage in the midst of loss. In the tradition of "Dirty Dancing" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," this touching novel is filled with endearing, eccentric characters, a great deal of humor, and an exploration of Jewish and American values -- all of which Louey needs to pull her through.If the characters and events depicted in this novel set in the late 1950s and early 1960s seem astonishingly real, it could be because, as Abrams writes in her epigram: "In a sense, this is all true."Judges for The Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards -- in which "Louey Levy's Greatest Catch" won five out of a possible five stars -- said you'll know you're "in for a treat from the first page" and feel as if you know the Levy family because "Louey is as real as the kid next door." The judges raved, "The author's voice is unique" and, "as in E L. Doctorow's books, Louey's life is affected directly by what happens historically. Buddy Holly, Jackie Robinson, laws against abortion, and discrimination against blacks all play a part ,,, What a poignant, heartfelt story!"

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