Francine's Spectacular Crash and Burn: A Novel

Francine's Spectacular Crash and Burn: A NovelFrancine Stevenson's chance encounter with a ten year old who shows up at her doorstep after her mother's sudden death spirals into an adventure for the ages Francine Stevenson gets more than she bargained for when she rescues ten year old Davie from a group of bullies clamoring to snatch his beloved iPad. From that day forward the puzzlingly direct boy continues to show up at her door until the two develop a unique understanding. Their Pixar movie

displacement/gentrification

Their love affair is electric

What can our future hold

Until they find themselves seated next to each other on a plane

and her abusive boyfriend—who happens to be dead on the kitchen floor

global excursions

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But their daughter--the first American-born daughter in the family--can't resist asking Hero about her damaged hands

becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she makes new friends

Henning explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear

this post-apocalyptic narrative deftly explores gender and race through the eyes of characters struggling to adapt during a pivotal time of crisis and change

on the eve of their marriage