Binding: Hardcover
Description: A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Named a Michigan Notable Book for 2023 Finalist for the 2022 Heartland Booksellers Award A gorgeous unflinching love letter to Flint Michigan and the resilience of its people Kelsey Ronan's Chevy in the Hole follows multiple generations of two families making their homes there with a stunning contemporary love story at its center. In the opening pages of Chevy in the Hole August Gus Molloy has just overdosed in a bathroom stall of the Detroit farm - to - table restaurant where he works. Shortly after he packs it in and returns home to his family in Flint. This latest slip and recommitment to sobriety doesn t feel too terribly different from the others until Gus meets Monae an urban farmer trying to coax a tenuous rebirth from the city's damaged land. Through her eyes he sees what might be possible in a city everyone else seems to have forgotten or worse given up on. But as they begin dreaming up an oasis together even the most essential resources can t be counted on. Woven throughout their story are the stories of their families Gus's white and Monae's Black members of which have had their own triumphs and devastating setbacks trying to survive and thrive in Flint. A novel about the things that change over time and the things that don t Chevy in the Hole reminds us again and again what people need from one another and from the city they call home.
Title: Chevy In The Hole A Novel
Author(s): Ronan Kelsey
Publisher: Henry Holt And Co.
Barcode: 9781250803900
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/15/2022
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction