false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181091063m/1111589.jpg 1111589 2 It&#8217;s 1990, and New York City is in shambles: unemployment reigns, crack wars rage, and whole neighborhoods burn as delinquent landlords cash in. Struggling to come to terms with his father&#8217;s death, paramedic and photographer Frank Verbeckas descends into the chaos and misery of upper Manhattan, taking photographs of the ill, the wounded, the dying, and the down-and-out. Accompanying him on his wanderings are his loudmouthed partner, Burnett; his best friend, Hock, who boosts drugs from the hospital; and his brother, Norman, a surgeon who can&#8217;t understand why Frank is in such pain. Frank&#8217;s ruin seems inevitable, but when he meets Emily, a professional fencer whose days are numbered by a fatal illness, his world changes. Against everyone&#8217;s advice, Frank and Emily fall in love. Together, they try to find a way out of the murk of guilt and sadness and learn to draw meaning and beauty from despair.<br><br>In short, cinematic scenes, with not a word wasted and nothing told that can be shown, Shannon Burke leads us on a powerful journey through the darkest precincts of the street and of the soul. Honest, terse, and enormously moving, <i>Safelight</i> is a debut of remarkable depth, a stunning, clear-eyed, and sympathetic portrait of American life and death&#8211;a love story not for the faint of heart.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 1098562 2004 Safelight: A Novel total:39|5:5|4:17|3:12|2:4|1:1| 39 138 86 11 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Mar 10 07:41:48 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:42:34 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:41:06 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 18:00:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 12 15:58:14 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 14:18:49 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 03 07:48:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 11:23:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 03 07:54:16 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:02:47 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 23 13:25:13 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 13:27:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 06 23:37:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:25:23 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 10:25:14 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 10:25:57 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 10:15:36 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 07:50:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 14:12:18 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 13:43:35 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Mon Jun 30 17:03:56 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 17:04:25 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Nov 30 12:00:26 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 12:00:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 29 13:45:01 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 13:45:01 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 19 08:08:39 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 08:08:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 01:34:14 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 01:34:14 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 06 08:42:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:42:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 07:47:07 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:47:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 07:30:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:30:54 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Sep 07 05:20:14 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 15:43:45 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 05:20:14 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 15:02:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 15:02:51 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1111589