The Blurry Years

*A Best Book of 2018 --Entropy

"Kriseman's is a new voice to celebrate." --Publishers Weekly

The Blurry Years is a powerful and unorthodox coming-of-age story from an assured new literary voice, featuring a stirringly twisted mother-daughter relationship, set against the sleazy, vividly-drawn backdrop of late-seventies and early-eighties Florida.

Callie--who ages from six to eighteen over the course of the book--leads a scattered childhood, moving from cars to strangers' houses to the sand-dusted apartments of the tourist towns that litter the Florida coastline.

Callie's is a story about what it's like to grow up too fast and absorb too much, to watch adults behaving badly; what it's like to be simultaneously in thrall to and terrified of the mother who is the only family you've ever known, who moves you from town to town to leave her own mistakes behind.

With precision and poetry, Kriseman's moving tale of a young girl struggling to find her way in the world is potent, and, ultimately, triumphant.

Author: Eleanor Kriseman
Publisher: Two Dollar Radio
Published: 07/10/2018
Pages: 162
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781937512712

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2018
Publishers Weekly 05/14/2018
Shelf Awareness 08/07/2018

About the Author
Eleanor Kriseman, author of the novel The Blurry Years, is a social worker in New York City. She was born and raised in Florida.