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The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou , Loretta the Flea Circus Ring Mistress, and First Class Malcolm These are the five teenagers lost in the Hemmings family s maze of tangled secrets Only a generation removed from being simple Pennsylvania potato farmers, Gottfried and Marla Hemmings managed to trade digging spuds for developing subdivisions and now sit atop a seven figure bank account, wealth they ve declined to pass on to their adult children or their teenage grand children Because we want them to thrive, Marla always says What does thriving look like Like carrying a snow shovel everywhere Like selling pot at the Arby s drive thru window Like a first class ticket to Jamiaca between cancer treatments Like a flea circus in a doublewide Like the GPS coordinates to a mound of dirt in a New Jersey forest As the rot just beneath the surface of the Hemmings precious white suburban respectability begins to spread, the far flung grand children gradually find their ways back to each other, just in time to uncover the terrible cost of maintaining the family name. Best Read [ Dig ] By [ A.S. King ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Wish I could have raised you in a place where the history books don t lie, but pretty much all history books lieI broke my usual habit of reading books in a couple of days with Dig I actually spent over a week dipping in and out of it while my family visited And, strangely, I think it was the right decision for this book It s a tough read in multiple ways It s an uncomfortable, ugly read about multi generational racism and the far reaching consequences of hate and abuse among other thWish I could have raised you in a place where the history books don t lie, but pretty much all history books lieI broke my usual habit of reading books in a couple of days with Dig I actually spent over a week dipping in and out of it while my family visited And, strangely, I think it was the right decision for this book It s a tough read in multiple ways It s an uncomfortable, ugly read about multi generational racism and the far reaching consequences of hate and abuse among other things and it s also a typical mind bendy and weird A.S King novel.I think taking my time with it helped me unpack all the layers of the story And there are many.It starts out very odd The book moves between a large cast of characters, all living their own seemingly unrelated lives, with suggested elements of magical realism This is A.S King, so...This book is supposed to be uncomfortable I d apologize, but I m not sorry, writes King.Dig is a razor in print form with just a faintly sheathed seething undercurrent of anger Reading this book, a whirl of thoughts and feelings assailed me eightfold and I almost recoiled For days, my thoughts were a jumbled string of words that barely held together as it tumbled end over end There is a twisting feeling in my chest still, like cloth being wrung dry This is the kind of novel that drives wo This book is supposed to be uncomfortable I d apologize, but I m not sorry, writes King.Dig is a razor in print form with just a faintly sheathed seething undercurrent of anger Reading this book, a whirl of thoughts and feelings assailed me eightfold and I almost recoiled For days, my thoughts were a jumbled string of words that barely held together as it tumbled end over end There is a twisting feeling in my chest still, like cloth being wrung dry This is the kind of novel that drives words out, that doesn t really fit into easy boxes, that makes those who recommend it falter, before finally saying, Just trust me Just trust me So, what s this book about The Shoveler, the Freak, CanIHelpYou , Loretta the Flea Circus Ri...And this is why Amy is my favourite author Dig is just so perfect and my exact brand of weird I feel like it was written just for me.I never quite know how to talk about A.S King s books They aren t straightforward narratives that walk up and say Here s your story and here s the lesson you should take from it They re skittish things, like stray kittens, who nose up to you out of the corner of your vision but, when you turn to look at them, they dash away to hide in the shrubbery and peer out at you with glowing eyes Dig is no exception It twists and turns and bobs and weaves and not until the very end does it stay in o I never quite know how to talk about A.S King s books They aren t straightforward narratives that walk up and say Here s your story and here s the lesson you should take from it They re skittish things, like stray kittens, who nose up to you out of the corner of your vision but, when you turn to look at them, they dash away to hide in the shrubbery and peer out at you with glowing eyes Dig is no exception It twists and turns and bobs and weaves and not until the very end does it stay in one place long enough for the reader to get a good look at the thing as a whole.And what can I really say about it that is going to make any sense and not give the whole thing away Five kids, all misfits and outsiders One older couple, set in their ways and estranged...Dig is the tenth novel by award winning American author, A.S King The sixteen year old and his mom are new in this Pennsylvania town though Mom says she has old business here It s January, and snowing a blizzard he gets a snow shovel from the guy in the house next door to their leaky apartment, and becomes The Shoveler For the old couple advertising painting work, he s the painter kid The seventeen year old has lived here all her life Her parents are rich so she doesn t need to work, bu Dig is the tenth novel by award winning American author, A.S King The sixteen year old and his mom are new in this Pennsylvania town though Mom says she has old business here It s January, and snowing a blizzard he gets a snow shovel from the guy in the house next door to their leaky apartment, and becomes The Shoveler For the old couple advertising painting work, he s the painter kid The seventeen year old has lived here all her life Her parents are rich so she doesn t need to work, but she does the Drive thru at Arby s so she can have her own money she won t take theirs and supply her clients She shares obnoxious customer stories with her best friend Ian, of whom her racist parents and grandparents don t approve because of his colour She sees herself as CanIHelpYou.Malcolm s dad is dying of cancer he really wants to spendtime with his dad no, he won t be phased by the sickness and ass wiping but keeps getting s...I love A.S King so much This is the book I didn t know I we needed until I read it.Brutally candid, Dig is well worth the intellectual and emotional investment Shelf AwarenessDig represents the counter intuitiveness of the best of the YA genre in being an ingeniously choreographed cautionary tale for all ages ReadPlusBill has his snake with him wrapped around his neck and tucked into his coat This is the first book I m going to hold up to anyone who says all young adult books are the same. This book is entirely its own thing And it s quietly judging everyone else in the room Dig follows SEVEN povs, all of which are connected Even though each voice sounds a little bit the sameexcept for Loretta s pov I love that cutie pie with my entire heartI was still invested in everyone s story CharacBill has his snake with him wrapped around his neck and tucked into his coat This is the first book I m going to hold up to anyone who says all young adult books are the same. This book is entirely its own thing And it s quietly judging everyone else in the room Dig follows SEVEN povs, all of which are connected Even though each voice sounds a little bit the sameexcept for Loretta s pov I love that cutie pie with my entire heartI was still invested in everyone s story Characters The Shoveler A teenage boy living with his VERY irresponsible mom He carries a shovel with him everywhere because he s always on the edge of panic he feels i...

Dig
  • English
  • 21 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 394 pages
  • 1101994916
  • A.S. King
  • Dig