The Turnaround by George Pelecanos
The Turnaround by George Pelecanos
On a hot summer afternoon, three teenagers drive into an unfamiliar neighborhood, and six lives are changed forever.
Thirty-five years after that harrowing day, one survivor reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor has a different plan and seizes the moment to claim reparation in any form he can find.
The Turnaround takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of D.C. today, from diners and auto garages to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the first stop for wounded men and women on their way home from war. It is a novel at whose heart is an emotionally charged story of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory, and violent redemption.
Back Bay Books, Softcover, 2008
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