Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock - Softcover

Quick, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472208188 ISBN 13: 9781472208187

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last?

Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he'll do. He'll say goodbye. Not to his mum - who he calls Linda because it annoys her - who's moved out and left him to fend for himself. Nor to his former best friend, whose torments have driven him to consider committing the unthinkable. But to his four friends: a Humphrey-Bogart-obsessed neighbour, a teenage violin virtuoso, a pastor's daughter and a teacher.

Most of the time, Leonard believes he's weird and sad but these friends have made him think that maybe he's not. He wants to thank them, and say goodbye.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Quick 'aka Q' is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, which was made in to an Academy Award-winning film. His work has been translated in to more than twenty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention, among other accolades. Q lives in Massachusetts with his wife, novelist/pianist Alicia Bessette.

Review

"Books like Quick's are necessary...We should be grateful for a book that gets kids, and the leaders they'll become, thinking about the problem now." ""The New York Times"""

"At a time when bullying and gun violence is at the top of the national conversation, this novel servies as a literary segue for teens, parents and teachers into an open dialogue on sensitive topics." ""USA Today"""

"If only Hollywood could get novelist Matthew Quick to write faster. Everything the Massachusetts-based writer pens seems to be scooped up by the studios as soon as the books are bound." ""The Los Angeles Times"""

" Over the course of one intense day (with flashbacks), Leonard's existential crisis is delineated through an engaging first-person narrative supplemented with footnotes and letters from the future that urge Leonard to believe in a "life beyond the ubermorons" at school. Complicated characters and ideas remain complicated, with no facile resolutions, in this memorable story." ""The Horn Book"""

."..the novel presents a host of compelling, well-drawn, realistic characters-all of whom want Leonard to make it through the day safe and sound." ""Kirkus"""

"This is one of the most important books of our time." "A.S. King, Printz Honor author of "Everybody Sees the Ants" and "Ask the Passengers"""

"Publishers Weekly" Best Book

"Full disclosure: you might need tissues to make it through "Leonard Peacock," but even if you don't, you'll likely be touched by Leonard's story." ""Entertainment Weekly"""

* "Quick's use of flashbacks, internal dialogue, and interpersonal communication is brilliant, and the suspense about what happened between Leonard and Asher builds tangibly. The masterful writing takes readers inside Leonard's tormented mind, enabling a compassionate response to him and to others dealing with trauma." ""School Library Journal ("starred review)""

* "Quick's attentiveness to these few key relationships and encounters gives the story its strength and razorlike focus...Through Leonard, Quick urges readers to look beyond the pain of the here and now to the possibilities that await." ""Publishers Weekly ("starred review)""

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472208188
• ISBN 13: 9781472208187
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 273