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Providence

David Grosz

Gabriel Staub is a writer adrift in his early 30s whose older sister, Becca, is a brilliant, tempestuous-and world-famous- artist. Gabriel has spent his life in the shadow of Becca's success, and he is haunted by a childhood incident that traumatized her. A chance encounter with an old friend offers him unexpected companionship, but also forces him to confront his painful past.

Providence is a story about friendship, art, and memory set amid the contemporary New York of glamorous high-rises and glitzy art galleries, with detours to France, Italy, the Slovak Republic, and the backwoods of the Catskill Mountains. Meditative and searching, the novel tells of coming of age amid loss and solitude.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Black Rose Writing
  • Publish Date: Dec 14th, 2023
  • Pages: 292
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.66in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9781685133368
  • Categories: LiteraryComing of AgeCity Life

About the Author

Grosz, David: - David Grosz lives in New York with his wife and daughter. Providence is his first novel.

Praise for this book

2024 Maxy Awards Finalist - Literary & Humor

"Beautiful, confident writing, lyrical, with an engaging story to unfold, like a rich tapestry... Stunningly good." -DJ Walker, LibraryThing

"A memorable, immensely creative work of literary fiction, this novel draws the reader in from the first page." -Sublime Book Review

"[A] warm story of adult realizations, redemption, and blossoming new opportunities for recovery and revitalization... [Providence's] thought-provoking journey will entice and thoroughly absorb readers." -Midwest Book Review

"I felt myself in this story, and kept thinking that Grosz was writing to me, for me." -Bryan Spellman, LibraryThing

"Author David Grosz beautifully crafts language, characters, and storytelling in this haunting novel about friendship, loss, and the changing nature of the wheel of fortune in Providence." -IndieReader