Heft

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“This is the real deal, Liz Moore is the real deal—she’s written a novel that will stick with you long after you’ve finished it.”

“A suspenseful, restorative novel from one of our fine young voices.”

“Heft is a work that radiantly combines compassion and a clear-eyed vision. This is a novel of rare originality and sophistication.”

“In Heft, Liz Moore creates a cast of vulnerable, lonely misfits that will break your heart and then make it soar. What a terrific novel!”

“As emotionally appealing as Arthur is, he’s in a dead heat with Kel, the other voice of the novel…By the end we are in love with the characters and just want to see them happy.”

“Moore succeeds in creating an insightful page-turner that seeks to demystify archetypal characters...The writing is quirky, sometimes to a fault, yet original...Moore’s second novel wears its few kinks well.”

“Moore’s lovely novel is about overcoming shame and loneliness and learning to connect. It is life-affirming but never sappy.”

“Endearing.”

“Only a hardhearted reader will remain immune to Kel’s troubled charm.”

“This deeply touching novel shows that you can choose your family. In Heft, writer-musician Liz Moore alternates Arthur’s story with Kel’s to create a stunningly sad and heroically hopeful tale of two men from fractured families and the women—a high school athlete, a pregnant cleaning lady—who, miraculously, love them. This is a beautiful novel about relationships of the most makeshift kind, about bonds that go beyond the biological. It’s also about how, sometimes, even the deepest wounds can be healed by the simplest, smallest acts of kindness.”

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