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Our best intentions : a novel / Vibhuti Jain.

Jain, Vibhuti, (author.).

Summary:
"An immigrant family gets caught in the middle of a criminal investigation in this pulsating debut, perfect for readers of Everything I Never Told You and Ask Again, Yes"-- Provided by publisher.
Babur "Bobby" Singh, single parent and owner of fledging Uber business "Move with Bobby," remains ever hopeful about ascending the ladder of American success. He lives in an affluent suburb of New York with his daughter Angie, an introverted teenager who is uncomfortable in her own skin unless she's swimming. During summer break, Angie is walking home after training at the high school pool when she finds Henry McCleary, a classmate from a wealthy, prominent family, stabbed and bleeding on the football field. The police immediately focus their investigation on Chiara Thompkins, a runaway Black girl who disappears after the stabbing and--it's later discovered--wasn't properly enrolled in the public high school. The incident sends shock waves through the community and reveals jarring truths about the lengths to which families will go to protect themselves. As the town fractures, Angie must navigate conflicting narratives and wrestle with her own moral culpability. Meanwhile, Babur's painstaking efforts to shield Angie and protect his hard-earned efforts to assimilate overshadow his ability to see right from wrong.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063278783
  • ISBN: 0063278782
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Subject: Immigrant families > Fiction.
Criminal investigation > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Racism > Fiction.
Single parents > Fiction.
High school students > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Crimes against > Fiction.
American Dream > Fiction.
East Indian Americans > Fiction.
Assault and battery > Fiction.
Bildungsromans > Fiction.
Genre: Novels.
Novels.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 19 of 19 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 19 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library FICTION JAIN (Text) 50687011820258 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library F JAI (Text) 37268003179603 AHMFL Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F JAI (Text) 33240005162345 Adult Fiction Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults JAI Fiction (Text) 34217000860189 Adult Area Available -
Exeter Community Library JAI (Text) 33249025528328 Fiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults JAI Fiction (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2023: In Honor of Judy C. Maust
34007002488778 Adult Area Available -
Highland Community Library F JAI (Text) 35610001008312 HGHM Fiction Available -
Indian Valley Public Library Fiction Jain (Text) 39427103727954 Fiction Room: Adult Fiction Available -
Kutztown Community Library JAI (Text) 33249024888160 Fiction Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults JAI Fiction (Text) 34262000903746 Main Room Available -


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