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Sabrina's Window

by Al Riske

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On a chilly morning in Taos, New Mexico, a 17-year-old paperboy breaks the window of a 31-year-old hair stylist-an accident that marks the beginning of an instant, inexplicable bond between them. In the course of one high-desert summer, Joshua and Sabrina share confidences, intercede in each other's love lives, go on a date that scandalizes the town, and confront questions of fidelity, desire, and the nature of love.… (more)
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Unique imagination teaser, with “real” characters I could relate to. The text makes you feel like you are in the room “like a fly on the wall”. ( )
  sworsnup | Mar 27, 2012 |
I wasn't a big fan of this book. It was an ok read and I can't quite put my finger on why I didn't care for it, it just didn't click with me. I won this book from Goodreads. ( )
  Draak | Feb 29, 2012 |
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I'd just like to share a little of what people are saying about my debut novel, Sabrina's Window ...

"With his trademark grace, elegance and economy, Al Riske captures the heart and teases the imagination in Sabrina's Window."
- Greg Bardsley, author of the novel Cash Out

"This book invites you in and then shuts the door quietly behind you, allowing you to share moments between characters in a private space with an atmosphere of intimacy that may leave you afraid to breathe for fear of intruding."
- Douglas Edwards, author of I'm Feeling Lucky.

“Al Riske’s writing is a gift. With uncommon grace and clarity, he arranges the details of our everyday lives into a sort of poetry. In Sabrina’s Window, seventeen-year-old Joshua and 31-year-old Sabrina are searching for themselves when they find each other, forming a bond that is as unlikely as it is deep and abiding. Reading Riske’s novel, I was reminded of how fragile and magnificent we humans are, how silly and petty … and absolutely generous we can be.”
- Judy Clement Wall, ZebraSounds

"Al Riske captures the currents of love, desire and temptation coursing through all of us, and shows us how an unlikely friendship helps a boy become a man."
- Robert Baty, author of Vintage Conner and The Girl in the MGA ( )
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"As you read, you become entangled in their lives, cringing when they miss an opportunity or make a bad emotional decision."
added by AlRiske | editPlayback, Laura Hamlett (Feb 10, 2012)
 
“Sabrina’s Window is a pure pleasure to read. Al Riske does an excellent job of creating colorful, realistic characters.”
 
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My moment of waking, darlin'/is so close at hand/and I'm gonna rise from the ashes. - Rosanne Cash
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For Joanne, always
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THE BOY WHO broke Sabrina’s window stood on the stoop,
shivering. This early in the morning it was still chilly here in the
high desert, but he seemed scared, too—like he couldn’t imagine
anything worse than being right where he was, having done
what he did.
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I don't think they make the kind of protection I need.
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On a chilly morning in Taos, New Mexico, a 17-year-old paperboy breaks the window of a 31-year-old hair stylist-an accident that marks the beginning of an instant, inexplicable bond between them. In the course of one high-desert summer, Joshua and Sabrina share confidences, intercede in each other's love lives, go on a date that scandalizes the town, and confront questions of fidelity, desire, and the nature of love.

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