Hold It 'til It Hurts

A riveting debut--a black Afghanistan veteran in search of his lost brother amid the chaos of Hurricane Katrina.

When Achilles Conroy and his brother Troy return from a tour of duty in Afghanistan, their white mother presents them with the key to their past: envelopes containing details about their respective birth parents. After Troy disappears, Achilles--always his brother's keeper--embarks on a harrowing journey in search of Troy, an experience that will change him forever.

Heartbreaking, intimate, and at times disturbing, Hold It 'Til It Hurts is a modern-day odyssey through war, adventure, disaster, and love, and explores how people who do not define themselves by race make sense of a world that does.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: 08/28/2012
ISBN: 9781566893091
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.95h x 6.21w x 0.97d
Award: PEN/Faulkner Award - Finalist

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/18/2012 pg. 31
Library Journal 08/01/2012 pg. 84
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2012
Booklist 09/15/2012 pg. 26
Library Journal 11/01/2012 pg. 82