“Last Stop on the 6 is the return of the prodigal daughter to a world of long-buried hurts, political complexities, and female resilience. Joan Silber, author of Secrets of Happiness, Ideas of Heaven, and Improvement, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award With distinctive, poetic text by Matt de la Pea and evocative illustrations by Christian Robinson, Last Stop on. A superb book that I couldn’t stop reading.” Last Stop on Market Street is a stunning contribution to the legacy and future of book art and storytelling for children no wonder, then, that it has won a Newbery Award, Caldecott Honor, and Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. “Why do families consist of people telling each other what to do? This implacable human mystery is the heart of a surprising, outrageous, and terrific novel about a prodigal daughter’s return to the Bronx, armed with regret, muddled memories, and integrity. Mary Calvi, author of Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington’s First Love, Emmy® award-winning journalist, anchor for CBS 2 News and Inside Edition “Bravo to Patricia Dunn for creating this uniquely powerful journey from which it is nearly impossible to turn away.” The beauty of queer found family in both books is in the depth of their enduring friendship and love for each.
That’s one thing Honey Girl really delivers on, too. Dunn introduces characters of all possessing questions for which there are no easy answers - only the slow and steady re-awakenings of familial bonds and moral responsibility Found family is at the core of One Last Stop, with August’s relationship with her roommates and new fiends providing the heart and humor of the story. This sharply told honest and emotional account of an average American kid who loved sports, racing around on his skateboard, and writing stories but ended up a heroin addict is painfully honest and thoroughly thought-provoking.LAST STOP ON THE 6 is the return of the prodigal daughter to a world of long-buried hurts, political complexities, and female resilience. The second part of the book features David’s short stories. Told in Street’s voice combined with extracts from David’s diary entries, the narration remains engaging. David’s addiction finally led him to lose his life. As Street unravels David’s erratic behavior, multiple felony charges, court cases, jail time along with all his ups and downs, she deftly weaves into the narrative the usual pattern that every full-blown addict follows: a time comes when they begin to take drugs not to get high but to get straight enough to pretend to be a functioning person. But it was during his twenties that David finally settled on heroin as his drug of choice after experimenting with alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine throughout his teens. It all started when Street’s son, David, was given morphine to deal with the pain after his foot got crushed in the hydraulics of a bobcat. Street narrates her odyssey of dealing with her son’s addiction who, after becoming addicted to heroin, went all the way down the rabbit hole. Price $30.00 (USD) Hardcover, $14.95 Paperback, $7.98 Kindle edition One Last Stop McQuiston, Casey, 'From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks.