Dead Above Ground
Written by Jervey Tervalon
Narrated by Myra Lucretia Taylor
4/5
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About this audiobook
Jervey Tervalon
Jervey Tervalon is the author of five books, including the bestselling Dead Above Ground and Understand This, for which he won the New Voices Award from the Quality Paperback Book Club. He edited the anthology The Cocaine Chronicles. He was a Remsen Bird writer in residence at Occidental College and a Disney screenwriting fellow. He is the director of the Literature for Life project, an online literary magazine and salon, and the literary director of LitFest Pasadena. Born in New Orleans, he now lives in California and teaches at the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara.
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Reviews for Dead Above Ground
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This story of murder, love, and hate will not let you put the book down. You'll find out the family secrests and why Helen has a real hate for this man her daughter wants to run away with. And all threw this Lita is still working on keeping the family a strong unit. I admired Lita - she is a loving mother, caring wife, great daughter and cousin but also a no-nonsense type of girl that doesn't just sit around. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I was very impressed with Jervey's writing style and how he played Lita and Helen against each other. Lita feared her mother, but she learned to stand her ground. She also handled her father very well. That relationship was very funny. It had the right mix of tragedy and reward, the plot was interesting, the characters were real. It kept my attention! This is a fine piece of literature, a novel of monumental characterizations. Mr. Tervalon's style just sweeps you up and gets you involved with the various characters. I look forward to reading his other novels.