With an amazing number of votes, Dirty Little Angels by Chris Tusa is our first book club pick for 2010! Thanks to everyone who participated in the poll.“Dirty Little Angels is the To Kill a Mockingbird of 2009. Brilliant, tender, engrossing, compassionate and challenging, Chris Tusa’s Dirty Little Angels marks the debut of a brave new voice in contemporary American literature.” –
Burl Barer, Edgar Award winning author of The Saint, Mom Said Kill
The discussion starts January 1st. So, grab your copy as soon as you can and join us!
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
7 comments:
I read this book just recently, and I loved it! :) It deserves the number one spot!!
We are very excited to start the new year with an excellent book club selection. Please join our discussion in January! The author will be participating :)
Oh I'm looking forward to reading this book and hearing the author's thoughts!
Good Morning All,
CHRIS TUSA'S 'DIRTY LITTLE ANGELS" is so deserving as the Number One Pick for January.
I was fortuante to have read the book and posted my Review on Amazon and other sites. It is so well written, I expect it to be picking up quiter a few more Awards.
The Character Development, the descriptive words setting the scenes is really outstanding! My only disappointment was it ended . . . I want more by CHRIS TUSA!
Michael Phelps
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Michael, We are so excited about reading "Dirty Little Angels" in January and fortunate enough to have Chris join our discussion. Details will be posted soon, so please stay tuned. Be sure to join the discussion in January! Thanks for your support.
This is a fantastic book and Chris Tusa is an amazing writer.
Linda Fast
Linda, How did you first find out about "Dirty Little Angels"? Be sure to join our discussion starting January 1st.
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