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The Sideways Life of Denny Voss

by Holly Kennedy
The Sideways Life of Denny Voss by Holly Kennedy book cover - contemporary fiction about justice, disability, community, and belonging

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“Original, deftly crafted, and told with author Holly Kennedy’s distinctive and narrative driven storytelling style. . .Unreservedly recommended.” - Midwest Book Review

“The Sideways Life of Denny Voss will be a modern classic. Kennedy’s Denny is not idealized. Instead, he is fully revealed, with a clarity not seen in the pages of a novel since Carson McCullers wrote The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. His story is a meditation on justice, bigotry, gun violence, and equity. Read it, perhaps as I did, all night, in one sitting, then look deep into your own community- and into your own heart.” - Jacquelyn Mitchard, New York Times bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean

“I can’t rave enough about this novel. The Sideways Life of Denny Voss is simply magical, a heart-wrenching, unconventional tale that moved me from laughter to tears. Denny is a true original, an authentically portrayed protagonist who leaps off the page. His story is irresistible. I want to know him. I want to be his friend. And even though the feel-good ending was perfect, I didn’t want his story to end.” - Patricia Wood, PhD in disability studies, author of Lottery

“The Sideways Life of Denny Voss is a coming-of-age story that ticks all my boxes. Beautifully written, authentic characters that will tug at your heart, and the kind of story that will keep you turning the pages long after lights out. It’s the best novel I’ve read in a very long time. Don’t miss this one!” - Lesley Kagen, New York Times bestselling author of Whistling in the Dark and Every Now and Then


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