FINNY
by Justin Kramon
Finny, is a sweeping, enchanting voyage, an insightful story about a young woman's complicated path to adulthood.
Finny Short is an observant, defiant fourteen-year-old who can't make sense of her family's unusual habits: Her mother offers guidance appropriate for a forty-year-old socialite; her father quotes Nietzsche over pancakes. Finny figures she's stuck with this lonely lot until she meets Earl Henckel, a boy who comes from an even stranger place than she does. Unhappy with Finny's budding romance with Earl, her parents ship her off to Thorndon boarding school. But mischief follows Finny as she befriends New York heiress Judith Turngate, a girl whose charm belies a disquieting reckless streak. Finny's relationships with Earl and Judith open her up to dizzying possibilities of love and loss and propel her into a remarkable adventure spanning twenty years and two continents.
"Without a doubt, Finny is the perfect coming-of-age read for those who are eternally young at heart."
-BookPage
"It is a super summer book; buy it as a beach book or a rainy day book, but buy it."
-GalleyCat
"[An] impressive debut...Kramon is clearly a find."
-Publishers Weekly
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Seventy-five readers will be chosen to win a copy of Finny.
You must be 18 or older, and a resident of the United States to enter.
Entry Deadline: August 15, 2010
