Blue Surge

by Rebecca Gilman

Book Overview

Curt is a small-town cop in the Midwest; Sandy is the nineteen-year-old prostitute he first tries to arrest, then attempts to help, at the cost of his badge. What Rebecca Gilman makes of this familiar scenario is something startlingly real and compelling, delving deeply into the small space that can divide a feeling of hope from one of hopelessness, as Curt and Sandy both try to get a foothold in the American dream of a house, a job, a life, a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571211070
• ISBN13: 9780571211074
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Gillman does it again

This book was an amazing experience. I was happy to read Boy Gets Girl and The Glory of Living, and this one just reassured me that Gillman know her craft.