ABOUT
THE BOOK

Rosie Ferguson, in the first bloom of young womanhood, is obsessed with tournament tennis. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic still grieving the death of her first husband, her father a struggling writer wrestling with his own demons. And now Rosie finds that her athletic gifts, once a source of triumph and escape, place her in danger, as a shadowy man who stalks her from the stands seems to be developing an obsession of his own. Crooked Little Heart is an exuberant portrait of a family for whom the joys and sorrows of everyday life are magnified under the glare of the unexpected. Anne Lamott is the author of four previous novels. She lives in Northern California with her son.