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Edges

by Léna Roy
Cynthia Holloway
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Luke left his old life—his dead mother, his alcoholic father—behind in New York City when he came to Moab, Utah, eight months ago. Seventeen years old and technically a runaway, he found work and a new home at a youth hostel nestled in the red sandstone valley. Now, he has reinvented himself as a guy who lives for the present, and it seems to be working—particularly when it comes to his relationship with his beautiful co-worker, Tangerine.
Back in New York, nineteen-year-old Ava is struggling through her own transformation—from drunk to recovering alcoholic. How could she have gotten so out of control? Almost sixty days sober, she’s not sure she can keep it up. But someone she meets at an AA meeting changes her mind, and a strange coincidence—or is it more than that?—brings Ava west to Moab as well.
Living on the edge, caught between the pain of the past and the possibilities of the future, Luke and Ava both discover that in this mysterious world, hope sometimes comes from the most unlikely places.

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  • Release date

    December 14, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307746900
      • File size: 125119 KB
      • Duration: 04:20:39

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.2
    • Lexile® Measure: 620
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 2-3

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Seventeen-year-old Luke escapes his sorrows over his mother's death and his father's descent into alcoholism by fleeing to Moab, Utah, where he works at the Moonflower Hostel. Nineteen-year-old Ava uses alcohol to avoid feelings about her grandmother's death and the way her parents have deserted her to open the Moonflower Hostel. The parallel lives of the two characters become linked in this story of serendipity and strange connections. Their alternating viewpoints benefit from a dual reading by Cynthia Holloway and Ryan Gesell. Gesell's portrayal of Luke is breathy and dreamy as befits a boy who is moved by magical landscapes and mystical experiences. Holloway's depiction of Ava is more forceful as she depicts the young woman's search for sobriety and family love. S.W. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 25, 2010
      Roy, granddaughter of the late Madeleine L'Engle, makes a mixed debut with the intersecting stories of Luke and Ava, whose lives are affected by alcoholism. Luke's father, Frank, long sober, returns to drinking after Luke's mother dies in a car accident; Ava takes it up after her grandmother's death. Now a student at Columbia University, Ava is struggling to stay sober via AA meetings and has alienated herself from her parents, who run a hostel in Utah—to which Luke, unable to live with Frank's alcoholism, escapes. While the alternating stories unfold nicely, the book suffers from some clumsiness. The heavy reliance on AA culture brings it dangerously close to sounding like an infomercial for the program, with statements like "We drunks seem to have a hard time accepting any love that isn't the perfect fit." Recurring visions of a mystical bear, seen by several characters, create a confusingly hazy aura of spirituality. To Roy's credit, she avoids turning the novel into the expected love story and keeps it focused on the teenagers trying to reconcile their feelings for their families. Ages 12–up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.2
  • Lexile® Measure:620
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:2-3

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