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Invasion of the Daffodils

Dino Enrique Piacentini

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Description:During the Korean War, on a small island off the coast of California, Chico Flores scavenges a mysterious crate of daffodil bulbs that have washed ashore at Sucker’s Cove. He is delighted; he can sell the bulbs and make much-needed money to support his family. But these bulbs are different, alien even. They seem to click and hiss and have minds of their own, and when planted, they send up shoots unnaturally fast, swamping gardens, cracking through pavement, splitting the foundations of buildings. Very soon, the Island is facing a full-scale invasion, and as Chico and his family find themselves in the crosshairs of an irate community, the Islanders' long-standing rifts around race, class, and sexuality explode into the open.Piacentini’s lyrical novel about family, “invasion,” and heroism, rifles through the tumult of love and the rubble of loss to examine the problems and possibilities of unexpected and inevitable change.—Robert Boswell, author of Tumbledown, The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards, and Mystery Ride“Piacentini’s Invasion of the Daffodils is that rare novel that is totally immersive. His characters and prose are so finely integrated that the effect is a bit like scuba diving in a coral reef—you sense the fine and subtle balance of so many interrelated parts even as you’re dazzled by the immediate flash and bloom of the whole entrancing spectacle. I finished this thoughtful exploration of race, war, sexuality, family, and generational history with the strange sense that I’d become a local in the tight-knit, warring island community. And that’s the magic of this once you’re in it you’ll carry it with you, just as you do that place where you, yourself, came of age.”—Alexander Parsons, author of In the Shadows of the Sun and Leaving Disneyland—Jeni McFarland, author of The House of Deep Water—Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo—Erika T. Wurth, author of White HorseWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Invasion of the Daffodils. To get started finding Invasion of the Daffodils, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: During the Korean War, on a small island off the coast of California, Chico Flores scavenges a mysterious crate of daffodil bulbs that have washed ashore at Sucker’s Cove. He is delighted; he can sell the bulbs and make much-needed money to support his family. But these bulbs are different, alien even. They seem to click and hiss and have minds of their own, and when planted, they send up shoots unnaturally fast, swamping gardens, cracking through pavement, splitting the foundations of buildings. Very soon, the Island is facing a full-scale invasion, and as Chico and his family find themselves in the crosshairs of an irate community, the Islanders' long-standing rifts around race, class, and sexuality explode into the open.Piacentini’s lyrical novel about family, “invasion,” and heroism, rifles through the tumult of love and the rubble of loss to examine the problems and possibilities of unexpected and inevitable change.—Robert Boswell, author of Tumbledown, The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards, and Mystery Ride“Piacentini’s Invasion of the Daffodils is that rare novel that is totally immersive. His characters and prose are so finely integrated that the effect is a bit like scuba diving in a coral reef—you sense the fine and subtle balance of so many interrelated parts even as you’re dazzled by the immediate flash and bloom of the whole entrancing spectacle. I finished this thoughtful exploration of race, war, sexuality, family, and generational history with the strange sense that I’d become a local in the tight-knit, warring island community. And that’s the magic of this once you’re in it you’ll carry it with you, just as you do that place where you, yourself, came of age.”—Alexander Parsons, author of In the Shadows of the Sun and Leaving Disneyland—Jeni McFarland, author of The House of Deep Water—Jaime Cortez, author of Gordo—Erika T. Wurth, author of White HorseWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Invasion of the Daffodils. To get started finding Invasion of the Daffodils, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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