num_pages: 368
description: The People We Keep is about a young songwriter longing to find a home in the world.Little River New York 1994: April Sawicki is living in a motorless motorhome that her father won in a poker game. Failing out of school picking up shifts at Margos diner shes left fending for herself in a town where shes never quite felt at home. When she borrows her neighbors car to perform at an open mic night she realizes her life could be much bigger than where she came from. After a fight with her dad April packs her stuff and leaves for good setting off on a journey to find a life thats all hers.As April moves through the world meeting people who feel like home she chronicles her life in the songs she writes and discovers that where she came from doesnt dictate who she has to be. This lyrical unflinching tale is for anyone who has ever yearned for the fierce power of found family or to grasp the profound beauty of choosing to belong.
language: English
title: The People We Keep
publisher: Gallery Books