Nell Zink

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New Hampshire

A Novel

The "wonderfully talented" (Dwight Garner, New York Times) author of Mislaid returns with a "heady, witty" (Booklist) novel of obsession, idealism, and ownership, centered around a young woman who inherits her bohemian father's childhood home.

Recent business school graduate Penny Baker has rebelled against her family her whole life--by being the conventional one. Her mother, Amalia, was a member of an Amazonian tribe called the Kogi; her much older father, Norm, long ago attained cult-like deity status among a certain group of aging hippies while operating a 'healing center' in New Jersey. And she's never felt particularly close to her much-older half-brothers from Norm's previous marriage-one wickedly charming and obscenely rich (but mostly just wicked), one a photographer on a distant tropical island.



But all that changes when her father dies, and Penny inherits his childhood home in New Jersey. She goes to investigate the property and finds it occupied by a group of friendly and charming anarchist squatters who have renamed the property Nicotine House. The residents of Nicotine House (defenders of smokers' rights) possess the type of passion and fervor Penny feels she's desperately lacking, and the other squatter houses in the neighborhood provide a sense of community she's never felt before. Penny soon moves into a nearby residence, becoming enmeshed in the political fervor and commitment of her fellow squatters.



As the Baker family's lives begin to converge around the fate of the Nicotine House, Penny grows ever bolder and more desperate to protect it-and its residents-until a fateful night when a reckless confrontation between her old family and her new one changes everything. 

 

Nicotine

80515dc7-38e1-46a1-b2b4-0832d2749acc-1

This book is in like new condition. There is a very small tear on the bottom back corner of the book that you cannot see when the cover is on.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

The "wonderfully talented" (Dwight Garner, New York Times) author of Mislaid returns with a fierce and audaciously funny novel of families—both the ones we’re born into and the ones we create—a story of obsession, idealism, and ownership, centered around a young woman who inherits her bohemian late father's childhood home. Recent business school graduate Penny Baker has rebelled against her family her whole life—by being the conventional one. Her mother, Amalia, was a member of a South American tribe called the Kogi; her much older father, Norm, long ago attained cult-like deity status among a certain cohort of aging hippies while operating a psychedelic "healing center." And she’s never felt particularly close to her much older half-brothers from Norm’s previous marriage—one wickedly charming and obscenely rich (but mostly just wicked), one a photographer on a distant tropical island. But all that changes when her father dies, and Penny inherits his childhood home in New Jersey. She goes to investigate the property and finds it not overgrown and abandoned, but rather occupied by a group of friendly anarchist squatters whom she finds unexpectedly charming, and who have renamed the property "Nicotine." The Nicotine residents (united in defense of smokers’ rights) possess the type of passion and fervor Penny feels she’s desperately lacking, and the other squatter houses in the neighborhood provide a sense of community she has never felt before. She soon moves into a nearby residence, becoming enmeshed in the political fervor and commitment of her fellow squatters. As the Baker family’s lives begin to converge around the fate of the house now called Nicotine, Penny grows ever bolder and more desperate to protect it—and its residents—until a fateful night when a reckless confrontation between her old family and her new one changes everything. Nell Zink exquisitely captures the clash between Baby-Boomer idealism and Millennial pragmatism, between the have-nots and want-mores, in a riotous yet tender novel that brilliantly encapsulates our time.

Category - Fiction / General Fiction

Format - Paperback

Condition - Like New

Listed - A month ago

Views - 1

Ships From - New Hampshire

Est. Publication Date - Jun 2017

Additional Information

Nicotine: A Novel

ISBN: 9780062441713

Publisher Description

Tags

Nicotine

By:

$3.00

Meet the seller

Discover more

Nicotine

By: Nell Zink

More from this seller

Additional titles by Nell Zink

'Nicotine' readers also enjoyed:

Recently Viewed

Browse by categories

Category - Fiction / General Fiction

Format - Paperback

Condition - Like New

Listed - A month ago

Views - 1

Ships From - New Hampshire

Est. Publication Date - Jun 2017

Additional Information

Nicotine: A Novel

ISBN: 9780062441713

Publisher Description

Tags

Nicotine

By:

$3.00

Meet the seller

Discover more

Nicotine

By: Nell Zink

More from this seller

Additional titles by Nell Zink

'Nicotine' readers also enjoyed:

Recently Viewed