Upward Bound

byWoody Brown

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At Upward Bound, a daycare centre for Los Angeles’s disabled community, several lives are about to collide in unexpected ways. Carlos, a charismatic aide who lost his mother as a boy, struggles to keep watch over Jorge, who is gentle, nonspeaking and prone to escape. Tom, a beautiful young man with cerebral palsy, pines
for Ann, the lifeguard for the summer. Then there’s Walter, a recent college student returning to the company of his peers after a family tragedy.

As their time together ticks by, a story unfolds of friendships forged, connections missed, and the dreams – some new, others almost forgotten – that shape us.

Implosive and wonderfully inspirational. Upward Bound is acutely aware that be it indigo, autism, social class, or the gamma ray, everything and everyone is on the spectrum

PAUL BEATTY, Booker Prize winner of The Sellout

About Woody Brown

In 2022, Woody Brown became the first nonspeaking autistic graduate of UCLA, where he received the English department’s top writing honours. Brown completed his MFA in creative writing at Columbia University in 2024. He lives in Los Angeles.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781529973938
  • Length: 208 pages
  • Price: £9.99
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