At the foot of Angels Flight, an inclined railway in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, a black lawyer is murdered, bringing cheers from policemen whom he frequently sued for brutality. The case is given to detective Harry Bosch and right away he discovers tampering of evidence.
Ohio Angels: A Novel
β Scribed by Harriet Scott Chessman
- Book ID
- 110668458
- Publisher
- The Permanent Press (ORD)
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781504012423
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Harriet Scott Chessman's Ohio Angels is an intimate and a lyrical story about friendship and family struggles. Hallie, a painter who now lives in Brooklyn, returns to her family home in Ohio, where she unearths a secret about her parents. Her discovery sheds light on her mother's depression, which shadowed her own childhood, and helps her understand her own inability to have children. In her hometown, Hallie reconnects with a beloved childhood friend, Rose, who is now a writer and pregnant with her third child.
Chessman beautifully evokes the childhood memories of the two friends, illuminating their very different lives. As in Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper, Chessman's compassionate and perceptive gaze reveals an entire new world for usβone that is subtle, alive, and deeply honest.
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