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Into the Great Wide Open
Into the Great Wide Open | Kevin Canty
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Building on the success of A Stranger in This World, the widely praised collection of stories that was one of the most exciting literary debuts of recent years, Kevin Canty has written a blistering, unforgettable first novel. Set in the sprawl of suburbia, with its shattered families and hollow lives, Into the Great Wide Open is the story of two young people fleeing their families' emotional abandonment to find refuge in each other. Smart but scarred, Kenny Kolodny yearns to awake from the nightmare of his smashed-up family: his mother is in an institution and forever away; his father is an abusive alcoholic; his brother lives abroad. Seventeen and alone, he hangs on the periphery of his world, until he makes a passionate connection with the troubled, beautiful, fiercely independent Junie Williamson. Kenny discovers in their highly charged, intensely erotic relationship a reality--and a capacity for caring--he has not known before. In prose startling for its diamond-hard edges and bravura lyricism, Kevin Canty revives the heady carnival of adolescence, evoking its confusing emotional landscape and its heightened sensuality, too soon lost. Into the Great Wide Open is a haunting, mesmerizing novel by a writer of deep sensitivity and undeniable talent.
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TheKidUpstairs
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A pre-Christmas miracle! @kaysworld1 look what arrived!! I'm excited to get home and open it up!

#TheGreatWideOpenSwap @LazyDays

kaysworld1 It arrived 👊 thank god. I hope you like it x 5y
LazyDays Oh my goodness !!!!!💗💗💗💗💗💗 YAY!!! IM SO HAPPY FOR YOU! 5y
LazyDays @kaysworld1 🎉🎉🎉🎉💗💗 5y
kaysworld1 Hey did you like everything in the box? X 5y
TheKidUpstairs @kaysworld1 oh my gosh, I just realized that my opening post didn't work! Yes, I loved it! Will repost my opening pic soon. Thank you!!! 5y
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BookNAround
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Lookie what arrived today! My #thegreatwideopen swap! So wonderful to get it today on a rainy, yucky day when my husband is out of town and my teenager has abandoned me for his friends. I was feeling rather sorry for myself so it was lovely to find the box on my doorstep! Thank you @Alicia

@LazyDays

LazyDays Oooh what a great package!🙌💕 I loved 5y
LazyDays Awww💕💓😘 5y
Alicia Yay!!! I am so glad you liked it! 💙💙💗💗 5y
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Mitch
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Brought this baby out from it‘s hiding place, only 3 days to go!

#thegreatwideopen

MaGoose Can barely wait, myself. 5y
Mitch @MaGoose 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 5y
LazyDays @MaGoose @Mitch WE CAN DO IT!👏👏💪💪💪 5y
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TheKidUpstairs
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My #GreatWideOpenSwap is all packed up and ready to go out. Just need a phone number to get it through customs ( @LazyDays I just emailed you) and then it will be on its way to the States!

kaysworld1 @TheKidUpstairs firstly I am sorry your package is drastically late but I assure you it's on it way, I have proof of postage but not tracking as it's not going to the states. I would never forget to 5y
kaysworld1 Send a package as I had such fun picking stuff out for it including something for your son. Again I am very sorry #thegreatwideopenswap ☃️🤪 5y
TheKidUpstairs @kaysworld1 Hi! I'm soo sorry that Canada Post is how it is. The strike really messed things up. Hopefully the package makes it out of the backlog at some point. I know it's probably frustrating for you too, to have put such thought until a gift and then they mess it up! 5y
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StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
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My #TheGreatWideOpen Swap package is wrapped and will be heading out in the next day or two!! @LazyDays Just an FYI, Canada Post is currently on strike, there is still service but it's a bit disrupted at the moment. A month should be plenty of time, but in the event that it is late, this would likely be why. @LapReader

LapReader I am not worried. Australia post is equally hopeless. I‘ve had swaps arrive months late. Looks lovely xo 5y
LazyDays I love the wrapping paper! I hope you'll be able to get your package💗 5y
RedxoHearts I love the idea of wrapping stuff in maps! 5y
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Mitch
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It‘s here! And it‘s sooooo heavy! Off to find a suitable hiding place! 🤣👏🏻🤣

#thegreatwideopen

LazyDays Yes!!!🎊🎊🎊 soooo long to wait! 5y
Mitch @LazyDays I know! I secretly love the waiting though! 5y
LazyDays Good! 😄 I get antsy for a few days. Then I think I maybe alright!😄 5y
Mitch @LazyDays 🤣💕🤣 5y
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Mitch
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It‘s starting it‘s 5,000 mile journey - hope it brings some sunshine with it too! #thegreatwideopen

Soubhiville 5000 miles?! Wow! 5y
Mitch @Soubhiville yep ! Google maps says 4,991! Pity it can‘t earn me airmiles! 🤣 5y
Soubhiville @Mitch LOL, yes if only! We‘d be racking up the miles! 5y
LazyDays Wow!😱 5y
LazyDays Wow! Our postal services are on point this month! I got your package today💗💗 5y
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Amiable
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The package is off on its adventure! #TheGreatWideOpen
@LazyDays

LazyDays Yay!😊 5y
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LitsySwaps
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Swap Name: #TheGreatWideOpen Host: @LazyDays Signup Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5HKvubsPCKFJWuSP3Cjx2naafOiBcKB7g9h2s... Signup Open Until: September 14th Opening Day: November 30th For more information check out the hosts page or tag her below. #TheGreatWideOpen

Elisa I went to the link to see more info, and I saw that you can see everyone‘s addresses 😯 Is this the survey creator link? 6y
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