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Waiting On A Friend: A Novel
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New York City, East Village, 1984. A Young Woman With The Power To See The Ghosts Of Her Friends Is Haunted By The One Who Refuses To ReturnA Dazzling, BigHearted Debut Of Friendship And Community During A Time Of Devastation And Defiance.A Wildly Inventive And Moving Novel . . . An Astonishingly Brilliant Debut.Patrick Ryan, Author Of BuckeyeA Beautiful Study Of Friendship, Of How Loss Unmoors Us, And How If We Keep Turning Towards Love, Anything Is Possible.Ann Napolitano, Author Of Hello BeautifulFresh And Refreshing, Both Heartbreaking And Uplifting. Natalie Adler Has Given Us A Gem.Rabih Alameddine, Winner Of The National Book Award[A] Powerhouse Debut . . . AdlerS Intimate Portrayal Of The Period Is Richly Detailed, Both In The Grim Atmosphere And The CityS LifeAffirming Downtown Arts Community. This Dazzles Like A Mirror Ball.Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)Spellbinding.Library Journal (Starred Review)A Most Anticipated Book Of The Year: Debutiful, Lit Hub, Publishers Lunchrenata Is A Young DykeAboutTown Who Can See Ghosts, Something SheS Doing More And More Of Lately As Too Many Of Her Friends Are Dying Of A New, Terrifying Disease. When RenataS Best Friend Mark Dies Of Complications From Aids, Renata Is Devastated By The Loss Of The Person She Loved Most In The World. And To Her Disappointment And Increasing Despair, Mark Seems Unwilling Or Unable To Return For The Proper Goodbye They Both Were Denied.While Renata Waits Anxiously For Mark, She Must Stay Vigilant: A Mysterious, PoliceLike Force Has Begun Ridding Their East Village Neighborhood Of Anything Abnormal Or Inexplicable. What First Seems Like A Scam Reveals Itself To Be Far More Sinister, Targeting The Soul Of RenataS Community. With Her Band Of Lovably Eccentric Pals And Lovers, Renata Is Determined To Fight Back Against The Erasure Of Her Friends Memories And The Sanitizing Of Her Beloved New York. But Haunting Her Every Step Is Mark, The One Ghost Who Stubbornly Refuses To Reappear.Both Heartbreaking And Healing, Tragic And Triumphant, Waiting On A Friend Is A Magical Retelling Of Queer History And A Celebration Of Youth And Camaraderie. With Pathos And Humor, Empathy And An Edge, Natalie Adler Freshly Reimagines The Past For A New Generation, Reclaiming The Spirit Of Resistance And Determination That Would Become One Of The EraS Defining Legacies.
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