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Golden Boy (collectible ARC)
by Tarttelin, Abigail
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1476708037
- ISBN 13
- 9781476708034
- Seller
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Atria Books. 2013 advance reading copy. 346pp. paperback tall 8vo: near Fine.
Synopsis
The Walker family is good at keeping secrets from the world. They are even better at keeping them from each other. Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, heâÈçs the perfect son, the perfect friend, and the perfect crush for the girls in his school. HeâÈçs even really nice to his little brother. Karen, MaxâÈçs mother, is a highly successful criminal lawyer, determined to maintain the façade of effortless excellence she has constructed through the years. Now that the boys are getting older, now that she wonâÈçt have as much control, she worries that the façade might soon begin to crumble. Adding to the tension, her husband, Steve, has chosen this moment to stand for election to Parliament. The spotlight of the media is about to encircle their lives. The Walkers are hiding something, you see. Max is special. Max is different. Max is intersex. When an enigmatic childhood friend named Hunter steps out of his past and abuses his trust in the worst possible way, Max is forced to consider the nature of his well-kept secret. Why wonâÈçt his parents talk about it? What else are they hiding from Max about his condition and from each other? The deeper Max goes, the more questions emerge about where it all leaves him and what his future holds, especially now that heâÈçs starting to fall head over heels for someone for the first time in his life. Will his friends accept him if he is no longer the Golden Boy? Will anyone ever want himâÈ'desire himâÈ' once they know? And the biggest one of all, the question he has to look inside himself to answer: Who is Max Walker, really? Written by twenty-five-year-old rising star Abigail Tarttelin, Golden Boy is a novel youâÈçll read in one sitting but will never forget; at once a riveting tale of a family in crisis, a fascinating exploration of identity and a coming-of-age story like no other.
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Details
- Seller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 19777
- Title
- Golden Boy (collectible ARC)
- Author
- Tarttelin, Abigail
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2013 advance reading copy
- ISBN 10
- 1476708037
- ISBN 13
- 9781476708034
- Publisher
- New York: Atria Books
- Keywords
- BRITISH FICTION COLLECTIBLE ADVANCE READING COPY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Proof;
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Auldfarran Books, IOBA
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About the Seller
Auldfarran Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2005
Decatur, Georgia
About Auldfarran Books, IOBA
"I have spent many delightful hours poring over the . . . lists of second-hand booksellers. . . . All these are redolent of romance. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written." -W. Somerset Maugham. Auldfarran Books, whose name is taken from an antique Anglo-Scots word meaning "having the sagacity of age," or "wise beyond one's years," is a professional antiquarian and secondhand bookseller (since 1993), and member of the International Association of Online Booksellers, dedicated to the ancient proposition that reading is good for you and, to that end, the enhancement of readers' and collectors' libraries (and even the development of libraries' libraries). Whether you're a voracious, moderate or casual reader, or even if you believe (in the words of Anthony Burgess) "there's no better reason for not reading a book than owning it," we encourage your inquiries and special search requests. E-mail is the best way to get in touch with us.
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