Edges

Okay, I'm biased! EDGES took years of simmering, brewing and taste-testing, making the characters as real to me as I hope they are to the reader.......more

Edges opens with seventeen-year-old Luke settling into a trailer outside the Moonflower Motel in Moab, Utah, his home since he fled New York City and his alcoholic father. He moved west alone and cobbled together a family headed by Clare and Jim, the Moonflower’s owners. The story shifts between Luk......more

As a huge fan of Madeline L'Engle I was so excited to read Edges by Ms. Roy. While I certainly did not expect them to be the same writer, she is after all her own person, I was hopeful that I would find another writer with a unique voice and the realistic optimism I always found in Ms. L'Engle's wor......more

Lena Roy’s debut novel EDGES tells the story of Luke and Ava, two teen narrators sliding down a slippery slope of drug and alcohol abuse. They’ve made mistakes–many that embarrass them, haunt them–and they’re ready for change. But bad habits are hard to break, especially with all the triggers around......more

There's a place for books about interesting characters in remarkable places encountering the complex and spiritual mysteries of life. "Edges" makes a strong attempt for that place, but doesn't make it. The basic premise is simple: Luke is living in Moab after quasi-running away from his NYC home. Wh......more