{"product_id":"lullabies-for-little-criminals-paperback","title":"Lullabies for Little Criminals - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHeather O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new deluxe edition of the international bestseller by Heather O'Neill, the Giller-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eDaydreams of Angels \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, \u003c\/em\u003efeaturing an original foreword from the author, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the coming-of-age story that \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e describes as \"a vivid portrait of life on skid row.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaby, all of thirteen years old, is lost in the gangly, coltish moment between childhood and the strange pulls and temptations of the adult world. Her mother is dead; her father Jules is always on the lookout for his next score. Baby knows that \"chocolate milk\" is Jules' slang for heroin and sees a lot more of that in her house than the real article. But she takes vivid delight in the scrappy bits of happiness and beauty that find their way to her, and moves through the threat of the streets as if she's been choreographed in a dance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, though, a hazard emerges that is bigger than even her hard-won survival skills can handle. Alphonse, the local pimp, has his eye on her for his new girl; he wants her body and soul--and what the johns don't take he covets for himself. At the same time, a tender and naively passionate friendship unfolds with a boy from her class at school, who has no notion of the dark claims on her--which even her father, lost on the nod, cannot totally ignore. Jules consigns her to a stint in juvie hall, and for the moment this perceived betrayal preserves Baby from terrible harm--but after that, her salvation has to be her own invention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChanneling the artlessly affecting voice of her thirteen-year-old heroine with extraordinary accuracy and power, Heather O'Neill's heartbreaking and wholly original debut novel blew readers away when it was first published ten years ago. Now in a new deluxe package it is sure to capture its next decade of readers as Baby picks her pathway along the edge of the abyss to arrive at a place of redemption, and of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new deluxe edition of the international bestseller by Heather O'Neill, the Giller-shortlisted author of \u003cem\u003eDaydreams of Angels \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, \u003c\/em\u003efeaturing an original foreword from the author, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the coming-of-age story that \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e describes as \"a vivid portrait of life on skid row.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaby, all of thirteen years old, is lost in the gangly, coltish moment between childhood and the strange pulls and temptations of the adult world. Her mother is dead; her father, Jules, is scarcely more than a child himself and is always on the lookout for his next score. Baby knows that \"chocolate milk\" is Jules' slang for heroin and sees a lot more of that in her house than the real article. But she takes vivid delight in the scrappy bits of happiness and beauty that find their way to her, and moves through the threat of the streets as if she's been choreographed in a dance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon, though, a hazard emerges that is bigger than even her hard-won survival skills can handle. Alphonse, the local pimp, has his eye on her for his new girl; he wants her body and soul--and what the johns don't take he covets for himself. At the same time, a tender and naively passionate friendship unfolds with a boy from her class at school, who has no notion of the dark claims on her--which even her father, lost on the nod, cannot totally ignore. Jules consigns her to a stint in juvie hall, and for the moment this perceived betrayal preserves Baby from terrible harm--but after that, her salvation has to be her own invention.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChanneling the artlessly affecting voice of her thirteen-year-old heroine with extraordinary accuracy and power, Heather O'Neill's heartbreaking and wholly original debut novel blew readers away when it was first published ten years ago. Now in a new deluxe package it is sure to capture its next decade of readers as Baby picks her pathway along the edge of the abyss to arrive at a place of redemption, and of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764994769184,"sku":"9780062468475","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0e04d88f1558621cd95a00dbafb7e5a7.webp?v=1780259832","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lullabies-for-little-criminals-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}