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- New Jersey,
- Loss of parent,
- Loss of Virginity,
- Coming of age,
- Domestic abuse,
- Suicide,
- Sense of belonging
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Some Place Better Than Here
by
Landen Wakil
It’s early summer, and in a small community on the central Jersey Shore, a black car screeches to a halt outside the Wright Bros grocery. Danny looks up from where he’s working at the carwash to see the driver rifle out of the car and chase a girl rushing into the store. For some reason—fate perhaps or intuition—he decides to cross the lot and investigate. When he meets Mary, there is a great deal Danny doesn’t know, but he certainly knows that he’s been struck. For it’s like the keys to an old car had been dropped into his hands and is about to start the engine that will forever alter the outcome of their lives. Some Place Better Than Here is a gritty, unflinching look at how we define family and come to grips with loss. It’s about growing up in a small town, following your dreams, and mapping out the uneven ground that often lays between love, friendship and sexual awakening.
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Landen Wakil is an author from the Niagara region in Ontario, who lives with his dog, Sheba. Someplace Better Than Here is his first novel. You can follow Landen on the usual social media using the handle @LandenWakil.
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