Falling Boy A Novel
Falling Boy, a novel by Alison McGhee, was published by Macmillan on February 20, 2007. This first edition spans 194 pages and is presented in English. The story follows sixteen-year-old Joseph, who, after a mysterious accident leaves him paralyzed, navigates life with his father in Minneapolis while working in a bakery during the hot summer days. As he grapples with his new reality, he encounters two significant figures in his life: Zap, a seventeen-year-old bakery worker, and Enzo, a spirited nine-year-old girl, both of whom seek to uncover the truth behind Joseph’s past.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of identity and resilience as Joseph confronts his circumstances and the expectations placed upon him. The interactions with Zap and Enzo reveal their desires for transformation and understanding, prompting Joseph to reflect on his own sense of self-worth and heroism. Through their journey, the story explores the complexities of childhood and the quest for redemption, challenging traditional notions of what it means to be a hero.
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“Did you really rescue your mother from a fate worse than death on a cliff overlooking the sea?”
After a mysterious accident left him paralyzed, sixteen-year-old Joseph finds himself living with his father in Minneapolis and working hot summer days in a bakery. What happened to the life he used to live? How did he come to be here? Although they approach the mystery in different ways, two people in Joseph’s new life–seventeen-year-old Zap, who also works in the bakery, and Enzo, a fierce and funny nine-year-old girl–both want to find out.
“Are you really a superhero?” whispers Enzo, who secretly longs for her world to be transformed. “Please be a superhero.”
Stoically quiet, Joseph has never thought of himself as a superhero, especially now that he is in a wheelchair and can’t feel his legs. But others disagree. Who is the hero? Who is the enemy? Is redemption possible, and if so, where is it to be found? In Alison McGhee’s strange and powerful Falling Boy, a small band of tough kids turn the myth of the superhero inside out as they face down the shadows of childhood.
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