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Who knew that a story about a hugely overweight, housebound, middle-aged man named Arthur Opp, slowly reentering society, and a teen baseball player named Kel Keller, isolated when his single, alcoholic mother attempts suicide, could break, then repair, your heart? A special friendship between Arthur and Kel's mother unites the halves of this surprising, musically crafted novel. <i>- Shaileen Beyer, librarian, Central Library fiction department</i>

'Heft,' Liz Moore (out now)

( W.W. Norton & Company / February 14, 2012 )

Who knew that a story about a hugely overweight, housebound, middle-aged man named Arthur Opp, slowly reentering society, and a teen baseball player named Kel Keller, isolated when his single, alcoholic mother attempts suicide, could break, then repair, your heart? A special friendship between Arthur and Kel's mother unites the halves of this surprising, musically crafted novel. - Shaileen Beyer, librarian, Central Library fiction department

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