Upward Bound: A Read with Jenna Pick
Upward Bound: A Read with Jenna Pick
Biographical Note: In 2022, Woody Brown became the first nonspeaking autistic graduate of UCLA, where he received the English department's top writing honors. Brown completed his MFA in creative writing...
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Biographical Note: "[A] tender and important novel." --Service95 "[ Upward Bound is] about love and communication and how we need to break through the noise and speed of the world we've created and consider people who are born autistic. Luckily for us, Brown is also a born writer. Upward Bound is a deeply moving and invaluable work . . . an exceptional book." --Irish Times "Stunning and eye-opening." --Columbia Magazine "Full of humor and charm . . . a debut novel that truly breaks new ground." --Kirkus Reviews "Brown's sly sense of humor and ability to inhabit, without condescension, the experiences of those often marginalized, including the bumbling but well-intentioned caregivers, make the novel both quietly surprising and gently enlightening." --Booklist "Deft, wry, gorgeous, and, most important, humanist." --August Thompson, author of Anyone's Ghost Publisher Marketing: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY - A wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace--a "triumphant"* novel by a major new literary voice hailed as a "groundbreaking debut novelist"** "[A] revelation that forces you to ask: How much do we overlook in people--how many gifts do we fail to nurture--by making overly hasty judgments?"--Frank Bruni, The New York Times "Funny and moving and ringing with life."--The Guardian* "This captivating work illuminates a world too often ignored."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)** LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE - ONE OF THE WEEK'S BEST DEBUT NOVELS OF THE YEAR Upward Bound is not a place anyone dreams of spending their days. The dreary adult daycare center for Los Angeles's disabled community is, for many of its clients and staff, a place of last resort. This includes Carlos, a young aide who lost his mother as a boy and now works there alongside his beloved sister, Mariana; Jorge, the gentle nonspeaking giant whom Carlos seeks to befriend (and prevent from escaping); Tom, a beautiful young man with cerebral palsy who pines for Ann, the summer lifeguard at the center's pool who feels out of her depth. Then there's Dave, Upward Bound's director, who came to L.A. to pursue an acting career but now channels his passion into staging an overly ambitious holiday show starring the center's irrepressible clients. Framing these intertwined narratives--and connecting them in surprising, shattering ways--is the riveting and sometimes ironic testimony of Walter, a recent community college graduate who, after a family tragedy, must return to the company of his disabled peers. In Upward Bound, Woody Brown has created an indelible, authentic, and profoundly moving group portrait of autism and other disabilities, all illuminated by his empathy, sly sense of humor, and enormous gifts as a novelist. With remarkable sophistication, insight, and creativity, Brown depicts a community too-often invisible in literature and society. Filled with characters you won't soon forget, Upward Bound will inspire and touch you, teaching you as much about yourself as the tender, miraculous world behind the center's doors. Review Citations:
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Author: Brown, Woody
Publisher: Hogarth Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: 2026-03-31
BISAC: Fiction / Literary|Fiction / Disability|Fiction / Coming of Age
Subjects: People with disabilities|Adult day care centers|Fiction|Novels
Weight: 0.65 lbs
ISBN: 9780593979976
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780593979976
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