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Lawn boy : a novel / Jonathan Evison.

Evison, Jonathan, (author.).

Summary:

Mike Muñoz is a young Mexican American not too many years out of high school--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew. Though he tries time and again to get his foot on the first rung of that ladder to success, he can't seem to get a break. But then things start to change for Mike, and after a raucous, jarring, and challenging trip, he finds he can finally see the future and his place in it.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1616209232
  • ISBN: 9781616209230
  • Physical Description: 321 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in hardcover by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill in April 2018"--Title page verso.
Alex Award Winner, 2019
Includes The great American landscaping novel : an essay by Jonathan Evison and questions for discussion.
Subject:
Mexican Americans > Social conditions > Fiction.
Working class > Social aspects > Fiction.
American Dream > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Coming-of-age fiction
Novels.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Summary: Mike Muñoz is a young Mexican American not too many years out of high school--and just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crew. Though he tries time and again to get his foot on the first rung of that ladder to success, he can't seem to get a break. But then things start to change for Mike, and after a raucous, jarring, and challenging trip, he finds he can finally see the future and his place in it.