Groundskeeping
(Book)

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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
ISBN
9780593320501, 0593320506
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Format
Book
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323 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780593320501, 0593320506

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"A Borzoi book."
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"Read with Jenna"--Jacket.
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A love story set in the foothills of Appalachia about two very different people--Owen, from Kentucky, and Alma, the daughter of Bosnian immigrants--navigating the entanglements of class and identify in an America coming apart at the seams. In the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to live with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather. Eager to clean up his act after wasting time and potential in his early twenties, he takes a job as a groundskeeper at a small local college, in exchange for which he is permitted to take a writing course. Here he meets Alma Hazdic, a writer in residence who seems to have everything that Owen lacks--a prestigious position, an Ivy League education, success as a writer. They begin a secret relationship, and as they grow closer, Alma--who comes from a liberal family of Bosnian immigrants--struggles to understand Owen's fraught relationship with family and home.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cole, L. (2022). Groundskeeping (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cole, Lee, 1990-. 2022. Groundskeeping. Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cole, Lee, 1990-. Groundskeeping Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Cole, Lee. Groundskeeping First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

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