Edgewater Angels: A Novel

by Sandro Meallet

Book Overview

Set in the projects of Los Angeles, California, Edgewater Angels chronicles the adolescence of Sunny Toomer, a streetwise young man endlessly sandwiched between the right and wrong thing to do. In a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038550151X
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A must read

You will learn from this book while you love it; a must read. Meallet's perspective as a kid who made it out of the projects on men and violence and growing up a boy in America is a vital read for all, especially parents who have sons. A perfect book for book groups.

Sad, yet emotionally uplifting tale of inner city life

I happen to read a chapter of this book in an brochure from Doubleday and decided to test my interest in novels about minorities and gangs (I'm intially from small town midwest). Wow, what a blast of truth and a fresh new realization about everday life in south central Los Angeles. Toomer, narrator and main character, lives a life and experiences things everyday that most people could never deal with. I never expected a book that deals with all the bad things about inner city life to focus on the little bits of happiness and joy that its inhabitants find and turn those bits into something much bigger and more meaningful. I laughed, cried, and did not want the book to end.

A Wonderful Read

Sandro Meallet's Edgewater Angles is episodic storytelling at its best. Tomer is a fully developed character whose life makes for compelling reading. His adventures are both funny and heartwarming. He is any modern day, urban Tom Sawyer who the reader roots for throughout the book. A must read for anyone interested in new authors. A simply marvelous book!

great book

It starts off good then gets even more engrossing as you get to know Toomer better. I couldn't put it down and can't wait to meet the author at the local bookstore and coffee shop in San Pedro when he visits in November to find out how much is based on fact. The style is such that you really feel like Toomer is actually writing the story. The slang that he uses and problems that he comes up against are so real. It was sad to turn the page and get to the end.

breathtaking new author

this book tells an original story in a completely unique voice-- it manages to be funny and sad and serious all at once-- I loved the main character, a young boy growing into a young man against all obstacles of poverty and violence and missing adults. His wit and knowing insight into his ghetto neiborhood were entertaining and eye opening. And his play with language is a pleasure. I coundn't put it down, and felt changed by the experience of reading it.