Last Stop on the 6 - (VIA Folios) by Patricia Dunn (Paperback)

About the Book

"'Last Stop on the 6' is the return of the prodigal daughter to a world of long-buried hurts, political complexities, and female resilience. Dunn introduces characters of all possessing questions for which there are no easy answers--only the slow and steady re-awakenings of familial bonds and moral responsibility"--

Book Synopsis

Angela Campanosi swore she'd never go back to the Bronx. But ten years after the accident that left her brother Jimmy paralyzed-and her guilt buried deep-Angela finds herself back in her old neighborhood, this time for Jimmy's wedding.

There's just one problem: the groom has disappeared.

All that's left behind is a cryptic note and Jimmy's nightstand shrine of plastic patron saints. Her mother insists it's nothing. Her father, freshly off the wagon, is too drunk to care. Her ex-boyfriend is now running the family extermination business. And her stepfather keeps trying to feed her meat gravy, despite her being a vegetarian for, oh, twenty years.

Determined to find her brother, Angela launches a reluctant investigation through the maze of her childhood streets, discovering that the people she left behind are not who she thought they were-and maybe neither is she. As the Gulf War looms and protests fill the streets, secrets surface, alliances shift, and Angela must confront the truths she's spent a decade avoiding.

Wickedly funny, sharply observant, and laced with mystery, Last Stop on the 6 is a family story wrapped in a whodunnit-where the missing person just might lead you back to yourself.

Review Quotes

"Dunn marks her adult debut (after the YA novel Rebels by Accident) with this enjoyable story of a woman's return to her riotous Italian American family in the Bronx on the eve of the Persian Gulf War. . . . Dunn's homage to dysfunctional yet loving relationships comes alive with the inexorable pull of family."

-Publishers Weekly

"A novel that brings the Bronx to teeming life with a wry marriage of drama and humor."

-Kirkus Reviews

"Original and as entertaining as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking, 'Last Stop on the 6' is one of those all-to-rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself is finished and set back upon the shelf. Showcasing Patricia Dunn's skills with respect to an impressive narrative storytelling style, 'Last Stop on the 6' is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists, as well as community, college, and university library Contemporary Literary Fiction collections."

-Midwest Review