Book description
Naked under a tattered shower curtain, fifteen-year old Tracey Berkowitz has been sitting in the back of a bus for two days, looking for her brother, Sonny, who thinks he is a dog. Tracey's stories begin to twist and intertwine truth with lies, absorbing the reader into the games and…
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1 author picked The Tracey Fragments as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This novel is an incredible feat of writing “from the inside” of a character.
Teenager Tracey Berkowitz narrates her story as she looks for her missing brother, who thinks he’s a dog, but she is absolutely not a reliable narrator. I was lucky enough to have Maureen as a mentor, but for everything she taught me, this book somehow manages to say even more.
A fascinating psychological portrait. There is so much cold, brutal poetry in its pages.
From Tyler's list on authentically (and engagingly) capture trauma.
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