Heft

Heft

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<p><strong>From the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Long Bright River</em>: "A stunningly sad and heroically hopeful tale…This is a beautiful novel about relationships of the most makeshift kind." ―<em>O, The Oprah Magazine</em></strong></p><p>Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn’t left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising baseball career. The link between this unlikely pair is Kel’s mother, Charlene, a former student of Arthur’s. Told with warmth and intelligence through Arthur and Kel’s own quirky and lovable voices, <em>Heft</em> is the story of two improbable heroes whose connection transforms both their lives.</p>