The Falconer, Czapnik Dana

A literary page-turner brimming with intelligence, energy, and wit, centered on an unforgettable young heroine that will thrill readers of all generations (Colum McCann).

New York, 1993. Seventeen-year-old Lucy Adler, a street-smart, trash-talking baller, is often the only girl on the public courts. At turns quixotic and cynical, insecure and self-possessed, Lucy is in unrequited love with her best friend and pick-up teammate Percy, scion to a prominent New York family who insists he wishes to resist upper crust fate.

As she navigates this complex relationship with all its youthful heartache, Lucy is seduced by a different kind of life--one less consumed by conventional success and the approval of men. A pair of provocative female artists living in what remains of New Yorks bohemia invite her into their world, but soon even their paradise begins to show cracks.