‘My first week I learned that people refer to ILLC as “illsee”. Emphasis on ‘ill’. The Illinois Learning and Life Skills Center may not sound like the name of a nursing home, but that’s how they work it. Naming these places is all about misdirection. Inside, it smells, sounds, and looks like your standard-issue nursing home. Same old wolf but in a lamb outfit.’
Told in alternating perspectives by a varied cast of characters, Good Kings, Bad Kings is a powerful and inspiring debut that invites us into the lives of a group of teenagers and staff who live at the ILLC. From Yessenia, who dreams of her next boyfriend, to Teddy, a resident who dresses up daily in a full suit and tie, and Mia, who guards a terrifying secret, Nussbaum has crafted a multifaceted portrait of a way of life that challenges our definitions of what it means to be disabled. In a story told with remarkable authenticity, their voices resound with resilience, courage and humour.
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Good Kings, Bad Kings
'Fiction at its best. A stunning accomplishment.' Barbara Kingsolver
- 336 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Good Kings, Bad Kings
'Fiction at its best. A stunning accomplishment.' Barbara Kingsolver
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- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Yessenia Lopez
- Joanne Madsen
- Ricky Hernandez
- Michelle Volkmann
- Yessenia Lopez
- Teddy Dobbs
- Ricky Hernandez
- Jimmie Kendrick
- Ricky Hernandez
- Mia Oviedo
- Joanne Madsen
- Yessenia Lopez
- Ricky Hernandez
- Michelle Volkmann
- Jimmie Kendrick
- Joanne Madsen
- Teddy Dobbs
- Jimmie Kendrick
- Michelle Volkmann
- Mia Oviedo
- Teddy Dobbs
- Yessenia Lopez
- Joanne Madsen
- Ricky Hernandez
- Jimmie Kendrick
- Yessenia Lopez
- Mia Oviedo
- Joanne Madsen
- Teddy Dobbs
- Ricky Hernandez
- Michelle Volkmann
- Yessenia Lopez
- Jimmie Kendrick
- Ricky Hernandez
- Yessenia Lopez
- Michelle Volkmann
- Teddy Dobbs
- Ricky Hernandez
- Mia Oviedo
- Yessenia Lopez
- Teddy Dobbs
- Yessenia Lopez
- Michelle Volkmann
- Joanne Madsen
- Jimmie Kendrick
- Michelle Volkmann
- Mia Oviedo
- Yessenia Lopez
- Acknowledgments
- A Note from the Author
- A Conversation with the Author
- Questions for Discussion
- Copyright
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