Hungry Shoes: A Novel

by Sue Boggio, Mare Pearl

Overview

Maddie and Grace meet in an adolescent psychiatric unit after each has committed desperate self-injurious acts in response to years of abuse, neglect, and chaos. Together they navigate the surreal world of their fellow patients while staff provide nurturance and guidance to support their healing journeys. With the help of veteran psychiatrist Mary Swenson, Maddie and Grace come to terms with their pasts and discover the inner fortitude they need to create futures filled with empowerment and hope.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826365354
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	09/01/2023
Series:	Lynn and Lynda Miller Southwest Fiction Series
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Sue Boggio and Mare Pearl grew up together in Iowa and are retired after long careers in health care at the University of New Mexico.

Editorial Reviews

Maddie and Grace are hungry: for love, for hope, and for truth. The stories of their pasts will break your heart, but their bright-eyed hope and resilience will have you rooting for them until the very end.—T. Greenwood, author of Such a Pretty Girl

This gritty, sublimely well-written novel holds a mirror up to our unfair world and gives us back reasons to believe that answers do exist, that justice is possible, and that, with the help of gifted professionals, broken lives can be mended.—Sarah Bird, author of Last Dance on the Starlight Pier

This gritty, sublimely well-written novel holds a mirror up to our unfair world and gives us back reasons to believe that answers do exist, that justice is possible, and that, with the help of gifted professionals, broken lives can be mended.—Sarah Bird, author of Last Dance on the Starlight Pier

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