Chinese Handcuffs

Chinese Handcuffs by Crutcher, Chris. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780688083458.

When Dillon Hemingway is forced to witness his brother Prestons suicide, his life understandably seems to fall apart. His quest to make it whole again involves Stacy Ryder, Prestons girlfriend, who is left with more than a memeory of Dillons dead brother, and Jennifer Lawless, a star high school basketball player with a secret too monstrous to tell and too enormous to keep. His antagonist are a vicious cycling gang, a single-minded school principal, and Jennifers father, a brilliant lawyer with a chilling disregard for human sensitivity. Chris Crutchers Chinese Handcuffs is a story about a time when life seems too overwhelming to confront. It is also a story of courage and acceptance, told with power and sensibility.