Heft

"I am one of the world’s lonely." Heft is about the pain of loneliness, the traumas of addiction, and the delicate ties that bind. This is a beautiful and well-written story about an obese man, Arthur Opp, and a teenage boy, Kel Keller, who are dealing with loss. Arthur and Kel’s lives are con......more

You know you've read something special when you miss the characters. And Liz Moore has perfected the craft of creating memorable characters. This is the second Moore book I've read in as many months, the first being An Unseen World, and l already consider her to be among my favorite authors. I liken......more

This was so good! The audio was phenomenal! 5 Stars! All the feels!!! I will write a review on it soon. I promise. I've had a lot going on these past few days, and then today, well...the debate.........more

Liz Moore has written a book so heartbreakingly honest, I felt I was listening to the characters talk directly to me. Their voices were so real. She managed to convey the inner most thoughts and emotional conflict of both a teenage boy with dreams of the major leagues and a 600 pound reclusive profe......more

One might suspect that a book written about a grotesquely obese academic and a coming-of-age teenager would fall into the “been there, done that” category or at the very least,be reductive in its approach to its characters. HEFT avoids those pitfalls. The key characters – Arthur Opp, the reclusive an......more