false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172495861m/180870.jpg 180870 6 <div>Bobby is young and black. He shares a cramped apartment in the south Bronx with his mother, his younger siblings and the ceaselessly scratching rats that infest the walls behind his bed. Barely a teenager, he is old beyond his years. The best thing in Bobby's life is Maria, his Hispanic friend. They are in love, and they have big plans for the summer ahead. Their lives are irrevocably shattered when a vicious Hispanic street gang attack the couple as they walk to school. With Bobby savagely beaten and Maria lying in hospital, terrified and engulfed by the pain of her badly burned face, <i>The Willow Tree </i>takes the reader on a volcanically powerful trip through the lives of America's dispossessed inner-city dwellers. Into this bleak and smouldering hinterland, however, Selby introduces a small but vital note of love and compassion. When Bobby's bruised and bloodied body is discovered by Moishe, an aged concentration camp survivor, an unlikely friendship begins. As Moishe slowly, painfully, reveals his own tragic story, Bobby struggles angrily with his desperate need for revenge.<br></div> 46014 1998 The Willow Tree total:119|5:36|4:37|3:36|2:6|1:4| 119 452 178 10 3 0 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 14:17:43 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 13:14:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Feb 16 08:49:25 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 08:51:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 22 18:21:18 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 18:25:24 -0700 2007 Last Exit to Brooklyn, The Room, or The Demon first.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:11:02 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 00:13:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Jul 03 15:01:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 15:01:41 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 14:10:06 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 14:10:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 30 15:40:30 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 11:35:31 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 11:36:58 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Sep 22 09:11:34 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 09:12:14 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jul 13 21:25:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 21:25:21 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Mar 13 20:45:48 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 20:27:47 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 18:05:49 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 18:05:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 01:19:35 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 01:19:35 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 31 12:31:34 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 12:31:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 11:05:09 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 11:05:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 23:31:55 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 23:31:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 04:38:20 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 04:38:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 02 02:15:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 02:15:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 04:52:19 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 04:52:19 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Sep 24 17:46:01 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 17:46:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 22 12:43:28 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 12:43:28 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=180870