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In her first two books, Haven Kimmel claimed her i'm all over this the literary scene- surprising readers with her memoir, A Girl Named Zippy, and winning an outpouring of critical acclaim on her behalf first novel, The Solace of Leaving Early. Now, in her second novel, she brings to the page a heroine's tireless search for truth, love, justice, and the perfect game of 9-ball.
Cassie Claiborne's world is riddled with problems beyond her control: her hard- living, pool-shooting father has another wife; her stoic, long-suffering mother is incapable of moving herself mentally away from your kitchen window; her sister Belle is a tempest of fragility and brilliance; her closest friends, Puck and Emmy, are adolescent harbingers of their own doomed futures. Annoyed by her inability to care deeply enough for so many troubled souls, Cassie finds in the local pool hall an oasis of green felt where she can master objects and restrain her emotions.
As Cassie grows from a quietly complex girl into a headstrong young woman, she assumes the thankless role of family provider by working odd jobs and hustling pool. All the while, she keeps her eye on the best prize: wringing suitable justice out of past wrongs and freeing herself from the inertia that is her life.
In this particular ultimately uplifting story, Haven Kimmel reaches deep in to the hamstrung souls of her fictional corner of Indiana. Remarkable for its tough tenderness, Something Rising (Light and Swift) is an astonishing work of pure heartbreak.
