Bibliograph

Lullabies for little criminals, a novel, Heather O'Neill

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Lullabies for little criminals, a novel, Heather O'Neill

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Lullabies for little criminals

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Heather O'Neill

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Heather O'Neill dazzles with a first novel of extraordinary prescience and power, a subtly understated yet searingly effective story of a young life on the streets-and the strength, wits, and luck necessary for survival. At thirteen, Baby vacillates between childhood comforts and adult temptation: still young enough to drag her dolls around in a vinyl suitcase yet old enough to know more than she should about urban cruelties. Motherless, she lives with her father, Jules, who takes better care of his heroin habit than he does of his daughter. Baby's gift is a genius for spinning stories and for cherishing the small crumbs of happiness that fall into her lap. But her blossoming beauty has captured the attention of a charismatic and dangerous local pimp who runs an army of sad, slavishly devoted girls-a volatile situation even the normally oblivious Jules cannot ignore. And when an escape disguised as betrayal threatens to crush Baby's spirit, she will ultimately realize that the power of salvation rests in her hands alone

Target audience

adult

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