| Author: | Adam Mayle | ISBN: | 9780988263000 |
| Publisher: | Adam Mayle | Publication: | July 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Adam Mayle |
| ISBN: | 9780988263000 |
| Publisher: | Adam Mayle |
| Publication: | July 4, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Bobby Bright is a man of simple tastes. He loves the Philadelphia Eagles, scrapple sandwiches, and his stay-at-home girlfriend, Snooze. But most of all, Bobby loves his hometown, Fishtown, a forgotten community in a crumbling corner of Philadelphia.
But when a mysterious artist moves into the abandoned church on his street, Bobby’s world begins to change in ways he never imagined. Hipster bars appear in boarded-up store fronts. Sleek condominiums crop up in vacant lots. Suddenly, Bobby is displaced: a stranger in a place that he has known his whole life. But as a wave of gentrification washes over Bobby’s neighborhood, it also dredges up old secrets, uncovering a buried violence that has lain hidden, slumbering beneath the streets for 20 years.
Complete at 68,000 words, "Fishtown" is a quirky fable about love, jealousy, identity, and the changing face of America, when the blue collar meets the glitterati and the past is dragged into the present, kicking and screaming.
Bobby Bright is a man of simple tastes. He loves the Philadelphia Eagles, scrapple sandwiches, and his stay-at-home girlfriend, Snooze. But most of all, Bobby loves his hometown, Fishtown, a forgotten community in a crumbling corner of Philadelphia.
But when a mysterious artist moves into the abandoned church on his street, Bobby’s world begins to change in ways he never imagined. Hipster bars appear in boarded-up store fronts. Sleek condominiums crop up in vacant lots. Suddenly, Bobby is displaced: a stranger in a place that he has known his whole life. But as a wave of gentrification washes over Bobby’s neighborhood, it also dredges up old secrets, uncovering a buried violence that has lain hidden, slumbering beneath the streets for 20 years.
Complete at 68,000 words, "Fishtown" is a quirky fable about love, jealousy, identity, and the changing face of America, when the blue collar meets the glitterati and the past is dragged into the present, kicking and screaming.
