One Good Hustle edition by Billie Livingston Literature Fiction eBooks
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From award-winning writer Billie Livingston, an unsparing novel of loyalty and survival that is fierce, sharp and funny even when it's breaking your heart.
The child of 2 con artists, 16-year-old Sammie Bell always prided herself on knowing the score. But now she finds herself backed into a corner. After a hustle gone dangerously wrong, her mother, Marlene, is sliding into an abyss of alcoholic depression, spending her days fantasizing aloud about death--a goal Sammie is tempted to help her accomplish. Horrified by the appeal of this, Sammie packs a bag and leaves her mother to her own devices.
With her father missing in action, she has nowhere else to go but the home of a friend with 2 parents who seem to actually love their daughter and each other--and who awkwardly try to extend some semblance of family to Sammie. Throughout a long summer of crisis among the normals, Sammie is torn between her longing for the approval of the con-man father she was named for and her desire for the "weird, spearmint-fresh feeling" of life in the straight world. Sammie wants to be normal but fears that where she comes from makes that beyond the realm of possibility.
One Good Hustle chronicles 2 months in Sammie Bell's struggle with her dread that she is somehow doomed genetically to be just another hustler.
One Good Hustle edition by Billie Livingston Literature Fiction eBooks
A while back, a friend bamboozled me into reading a book I had no interest in reading. The book was, "Going Down Swinging," the author, Billie Livingston. Okay, I admit - my friend did me a huge favor - and never fails to remind me of it. Since then, I've read "Cease To Blush" and "Greedy Little Eyes,"by the same author. Simply put, Livingston has become one of my favorite writers. And, I've wondered - given the critical acclaim her work receives - why she hasn't yet been awarded one of the major prizes given to people doing what she does. So, I read some of her contemporaries who have been so honored. Thus far, all seem clearly talented, competent - even evince moments of greatness. But, in my admittedly unprofessional view, none come close to the degree of fullness Livingston achieves -- the dimensionality, the humanity, the soul. She has a commanding talent, unaffected (a breath of fresh air in itself!) - keenly intelligent, deeply compassionate, and maybe most impressively - often funny and poignant in the same moment. So, I'm happy to report that with, "One Good Hustle," Livingston remains on track, continuing to gain momentum. As with each of the other books, this is a story I could almost swear I'd seen, rather than read - with characters (eg, the precious Sammie Bell) that feel like people I've really met, spent important time with, and miss now that they're no longer "here."Product details
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One Good Hustle edition by Billie Livingston Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I absolutely loved Billie Livingston's latest - lyrical, poetic and touching. I would recommend to anyone looking for a great read.
One Good Hustle is set in Vancouver in the 1980s, after Sammie, the daughter of two hustlers, has left home to stay with a friend. Her home life is in shambles, her father is absent, and so-called friends do her family more harm than good. Living with her friend Jill and Jill's parents, Ruby and Lou, Sammie feels more than ever like a square peg in a round hole. Making matters simultaneously better and worse is love interest Drew, a Christian boy that Sammie met through a youth group. Drew treats Sammie better than anyone else ever has, but between her past and her present, she doesn't feel that she deserves his kindness, much less his affection.
I rated One Good Hustle three stars because the writing is good. Livingston creates well-paced dialogue and brings characters to life with just the right amount of description. What kept this from being a five-star book, in my opinion, was the lack of tension and discernible plot. One Good Hustle reads more like a character study than a novel, with Sammie moving passively from one action to another, always caught between the decisions of other people, to the flashbacks of Sammie's childhood in which she was, once again, a pawn. The main character doesn't drive the action, and when she tries, she feels bad about what she does or is frustrated in her efforts. I had no idea where the novel was going -- toward romance with Drew? Reconciliation with her parents? A better lifestyle? A rejection of Jill, Ruby and Lou's lifestyle? This is a novel that accumulates; it does not build.
While I was disappointed with the plot, that doesn't mean that others won't get a thrill out of this book. If you grew up in or love the 80s, you'll love all the cultural and musical references. This New Adult coming-of-age story is certainly original, its characters unforgettable, and the dialogue is written with flavourful flare.
(I received an advance copy of this novel via NetGalley).
A while back, a friend bamboozled me into reading a book I had no interest in reading. The book was, "Going Down Swinging," the author, Billie Livingston. Okay, I admit - my friend did me a huge favor - and never fails to remind me of it. Since then, I've read "Cease To Blush" and "Greedy Little Eyes,"by the same author. Simply put, Livingston has become one of my favorite writers. And, I've wondered - given the critical acclaim her work receives - why she hasn't yet been awarded one of the major prizes given to people doing what she does. So, I read some of her contemporaries who have been so honored. Thus far, all seem clearly talented, competent - even evince moments of greatness. But, in my admittedly unprofessional view, none come close to the degree of fullness Livingston achieves -- the dimensionality, the humanity, the soul. She has a commanding talent, unaffected (a breath of fresh air in itself!) - keenly intelligent, deeply compassionate, and maybe most impressively - often funny and poignant in the same moment. So, I'm happy to report that with, "One Good Hustle," Livingston remains on track, continuing to gain momentum. As with each of the other books, this is a story I could almost swear I'd seen, rather than read - with characters (eg, the precious Sammie Bell) that feel like people I've really met, spent important time with, and miss now that they're no longer "here."
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