A New York Times Editor\'s Choice Pick A novel of huge heart and fierce intelligence.
In her critically acclaimed debut, Dana Czapnik captures the voice of an unforgettable modern literary heroine, a young woman in the first flush of freedom..
Told with wit and pathos, The Falconer is at once a novel of ideas, a portrait of a time and place, and an ode to the obsessions of youth.
As Lucy begins to question accepted notions of success, bristling against her own hunger for male approval, she is drawn into the world of a pair of provocative feminist artists living in what remains of New York\'s bohemia.
She\'s by turns quixotic and cynical, insecure and self-possessed, and, despite herself, is in unrequited love with her best friend and pickup teammate, Percy, the rebellious son of a prominent New York family.
Lucy\'s inner life is a contradiction.
Street-smart seventeen-year-old Lucy Adler is often the only girl on the public basketball courts.
New York, 1993. --Chloe Malle, The New York Times Book Review In this frank, bittersweet coming-of-age story that crackles with raw adolescent energy, fresh-cut prose, and a kinetic sense of place ( Entertainment Weekly ), a teenaged tomboy explores love, growing up, and New York City in the early 1990s. --Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth An] electric debut novel...
Reader, beware: Spending time with Lucy is unapologetic fun, and heartbreak, and awe as well.
It has restored my faith in pretty much everything.
A New York Times Editor\'s Choice Pick A novel of huge heart and fierce intelligence
