Good Kings, Bad Kings
By Susan Nussbaum
Read by Christina Delaine , Lauren Fortgang , Emma Galvin , Alexander Cendese , David Ledoux , Karen Murray , and Daya Mendez
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The residents of an institution for juveniles with disabilities reveal the complicated, funny, and tough life inside the walls. In this isolated human warehouse on Chicago's South Side, the young residents ultimately find the strength to bond together and
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Summary
Summary
Selected for the June 2013 Indie Next List
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Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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Great Read; Important Story
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This is a book about children living in a nursing home and the adults around them. Nussbaum captures the messy complexity of the pain and joy of life for these particular characters. And, she does it very well.
Each character has a distinct and compelling voice; they often have you laughing out loud.
No one else has written a novel from inside a children's nursing home from the point of view of the children who live there. Her characters are believable, wonderful human beings who are also silly, short-sighted, fearful and a host of other not-so-charming human traits.
I was drawn into the book by a sassy little girl with a life very different than my own. This child opened the door and the other characters walked me into a plot which was compelling from start to finish.
I do a radio program on disability and have interviewed hundreds of people who live with disabilities so I speak from some experience when I say that Nussbaum has an ear for the humor and an eye for the reality of disability.
With an utter lack of sentimentality, Nussbaum tells it like it is; what happens in these institutions should not happen. She captures the messy complexity of the pain and joy of life for these particular characters. And, she does it very well.
Author
Author Bio: Susan Nussbaum
Susan Nussbaum’s plays have been widely produced. Her play Mishuganismo is included in the anthology Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out. In 2008 she was cited by the Utne Reader as one of “50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World” for her work with girls with disabilities. Good Kings Bad Kings is her first novel.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 7.62 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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