The Humanity Project
Author: Thompson, Jean
ISBN: 9780142180907
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 26 Aug 2014
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
B>From the I>New York Times/I> bestselling author of I>The Year We Left Home/I>, a dazzling new novel hailed as an "instantly addictive...tale of yearning, paradox, and hope." (I>Booklist/I>)/B>BR>BR>b>From thei>New York Times/i>bestselling author ofi>The Year We Left Home/i>and i>A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl/i>, this dazzling novel is hailed as an "instantly addictive...tale of yearning, paradox, and hope." (i>Booklist/i>)/b>br> br> After surviving a horrific shooting at her high school, fifteen-year-old Linnea is packed off to live with her estranged father, Art, in California. Art, not much more than a child himself, doesn't quite understand how or why he has suddenly become responsible for raising a sullen-and probably deeply damaged-adolescent girl. And although Linnea has little interest in her father, she becomes fascinated by the eccentric cast of characters surrounding him- Conner, a local handyman whose own home life is a war zone, and Christie, her neighbor, who has just been given the reins to a bizarrely named charity fund, the Humanity Project. As the Fund gains traction and Linnea begins to heal, the Humanity Project begs the question- Can you indeed pay someone to be good? At what price?br>br> Thompson proves herself at the height of her powers ini>The Humanity Project,/i>crafting emotionally suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining characters, in which we inevitably see ourselves. Set against the backdrop of current events and cultural calamity, it is at once a multifaceted ensemble drama and a deftly observant story of our twenty-first-century society.
ISBN: 9780142180907
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 26 Aug 2014
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
B>From the I>New York Times/I> bestselling author of I>The Year We Left Home/I>, a dazzling new novel hailed as an "instantly addictive...tale of yearning, paradox, and hope." (I>Booklist/I>)/B>BR>BR>b>From thei>New York Times/i>bestselling author ofi>The Year We Left Home/i>and i>A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl/i>, this dazzling novel is hailed as an "instantly addictive...tale of yearning, paradox, and hope." (i>Booklist/i>)/b>br> br> After surviving a horrific shooting at her high school, fifteen-year-old Linnea is packed off to live with her estranged father, Art, in California. Art, not much more than a child himself, doesn't quite understand how or why he has suddenly become responsible for raising a sullen-and probably deeply damaged-adolescent girl. And although Linnea has little interest in her father, she becomes fascinated by the eccentric cast of characters surrounding him- Conner, a local handyman whose own home life is a war zone, and Christie, her neighbor, who has just been given the reins to a bizarrely named charity fund, the Humanity Project. As the Fund gains traction and Linnea begins to heal, the Humanity Project begs the question- Can you indeed pay someone to be good? At what price?br>br> Thompson proves herself at the height of her powers ini>The Humanity Project,/i>crafting emotionally suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining characters, in which we inevitably see ourselves. Set against the backdrop of current events and cultural calamity, it is at once a multifaceted ensemble drama and a deftly observant story of our twenty-first-century society.
