Say Nice Things About Detroit

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Call Number: BOCD Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD Fiction	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Compact discs.
Unabridged.
Read by Kevin Kenerly.
Twenty-five years after high school, David Halpert returns home to Detroit to escape personal tragedy and learns about the double shooting of his high school girlfriend, Natalie, and her black half-brother. Gradually David discovers hope for both himself and his hometown.

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Hallmark movie feel submitted by camelsamba on July 6, 2018, 8:58pm Sometimes I select audiobooks because they are available now on overdrive; indeed, that's how I ended up with this one - it was being promoted on the app landing page, and it was available, and it's of semi-local interest. I doubt I would have selected this book otherwise, but I ended up enjoying it. It has more of a Hallmark movie feel than hard-boiled or gritty. There are numerous characters that were hard for me to keep straight at first. If I'd been reading a print version, I might have made a list - or it might have been easier seeing them on the page. There is a romance that feels a bit unrealistic, but what do I know about modern love? The narrative switches back and forth between [199?] and 2006, and between character groups, but they come together at the end. And there are some lovely descriptions of weather and light and what it feels like to be "at home."