TY - SER
KW - teenagers
KW - senior citizens
KW - baseball
KW - Pittsburgh Pirates
KW - high schools
KW - Roberto Clemente (1934-72)
KW - accidental deaths
KW - police
KW - coal industry
AU - Tawni O'Dell
AB - This story is told by three separate narrators: Candace Jack, local matriarch and mine owner; Kyle Hayes, an orphan teen; and Luis, a Spaniard who now lives in the town. When their blue-collar drunk father dies in a car accident, Kyle and Klint Hayes, teen brothers, are taken in and given a chance by Candace on her estate. In the 1950s, Candace loved a Spanish bullfighter. Now she keeps a magnificent bull on her farm in memory of her lost love.
C1 - 2010s
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Highland Park; Pittsburgh Zoo; Oakland; Carnegie Museum; Indiana County; Indiana; Indiana University of Pennsylvania
C4 - Literary; Suspense
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - This story is told by three separate narrators: Candace Jack, local matriarch and mine owner; Kyle Hayes, an orphan teen; and Luis, a Spaniard who now lives in the town. When their blue-collar drunk father dies in a car accident, Kyle and Klint Hayes, teen brothers, are taken in and given a chance by Candace on her estate. In the 1950s, Candace loved a Spanish bullfighter. Now she keeps a magnificent bull on her farm in memory of her lost love.
PB - Shea Areheart Books
PP - New York
PY - 2010
RN - Tawni O'Dell (1964- ) was born and raised in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, which her four novels mimic. She graduated from Indiana Area High School and earned a degree in journalism at Northwestern University. She lives in State College, Centre County.
EP - 398 p.
TI - Fragile Beasts
ER -