An Atlas of Hearts - Paul Koppisch - Bog

"AN ADDICTIVE TALE WITH SEVERAL JAW-DROPPING TWISTS!"
"POIGNANT AND HEARTWARMING"
"A DEVASTATING AND EMOTIONAL LOVE STORY" Brenda Donner is a poor, teenage girl from Red Bank, New Jersey who is trying desperately to manage her violent stepfather's abuse while keeping her family together and finishing school. Frightened that her younger brother Sam will be taken away from her, she vows to do whatever it takes to keep her dark secret from ever coming out. What Brenda doesn't know is that a new teacher at her school has taken a special interest in her wellbeing, and what she expects even less is the sexual attraction she starts to feel in return. If either of these secrets see the light of day, lives and careers will be at risk. Brenda decides she will stop at nothing to keep those she loves safe but, in the end, realizes that only through trust will she achieve that goal. In his latest novel, An Atlas of Hearts, Paul Koppisch turns the reader's attention to a group of unlikely characters given his previous works, a ragtag clan of drug taking teenagers, as well as an unlikely setting, modern day America. But through this combination, Koppisch succeeds in offering up a revelation about a defining axiom of modern life, that the human heart is at the same time capable of great love and great hatred, but also great tenderness, and great vulnerability.