Love in the present tense
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Word Count
88,750 words, Guess
Page Count
355 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveloveinpresentten0000hyde
- ISBN-10159722295X
- ISBN-101405615931
- ISBN-10140561594X
- ISBN-139781597222952
and 6 more
- ISBN-139781405615938
- ISBN-139781405615945
- Library of Congress Control Number2006015720
- OCLC Control Number68965682
- Better World BooksKN-508-640
- Open LibraryOL28358450M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3558.Y358 L68 2006b
Description
A tough teen, her sweet son, and their flawed but sincere neighbor, each take turns narrating their story in fresh, distinct voices. At thirteen, Pearl lives with a kind prostitute while her mom copes with a crippling drug addiction. In one tragic night, Pearl gets herself pregnant and accidentally kills the father, a police officer; on the run, Pearl decides that she and her son, Leonard, will share a "forever love," an unbreakable and unconditional bond. Pearl protects Leonard like a lioness, shielding him from the dangerous world and the tragic story of his father. At five, Leonard, smart, loving and saddled with a degenerative eye disease, stays with 25-year-old next-door neighbor Mitch while Pearl works; when Pearl disappears, Mitch must assume responsibility for Leonard, not easy to do while maintaining a home business and an affair with a client's wife. Despite Pearl's mysterious departure, Leonard stays true to her "forever love," denying that he has been abandoned. Mitch isn't so sure, and when Leonard begins having his own doubts, they both must re-examine their beliefs.
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