The Turnaround by George Pelecanos
The Turnaround by George Pelecanos
From the back:
On a hot summer afternoon, three teenagers drive into an unfamiliar neighborhood—and six lives are changed forever.
Thirty-five years after that harrowing day, one survivor reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor has a different plan, and seizes the moment to claim reparation in any form he can find.
The Turnaround takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of D.C. today, from diners and auto garages to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. It is a novel at whose heart is an emotionally charged story of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory, and violent redemption.
My thoughts:
The racially-fueled crime happens early in the book, during the 70's. The story picks up again with the teenagers now adults, some with kids of their own. Pelecanos does a wonderful job of showing how "the incident" affected all their lives...