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Author:

Cross-Smith, Leesa, 1978- author.

Title:

This close to okay : a novel / Leesa Cross-Smith.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

311 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Suicide--Prevention--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Psychotherapists--Fiction.
Strangers--Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.

Summary:

A powerful, vibrant novel about the life-changing weekend shared between two strangers, from the award-winning writer Roxane Gay calls "a consummate storyteller." On a rainy October night in Kentucky, recently divorced therapist Tallie Clark is on her way home when she spots a man precariously standing on the edge of a bridge. Without a second thought, Tallie pulls over and jumps out of the car into the pouring rain. She convinces the man to join her for a cup of coffee, and he eventually agrees to come back to her house, where he finally, reluctantly, shares his first name: Emmett. Over the course of the emotionally-charged weekend that follows, Tallie makes it her mission to provide a safe and comfortable space for Emmett, although she doesn't confess that she works as a therapist. However, Emmett is not the only one who needs help--and he has secrets of his own. Alternating between Tallie and Emmett's perspectives as they inch closer to the truth of what brought Emmett to the bridge, This Close to Okay is an uplifting, powerful story of two strangers brought together by wild chance at the moment they need it the most.

ISBN:

1538715376
9781538715376

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1224589085

LCCN:

2020946458

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