From award-winning writer Billie Livingston, an unsparing novel of loyalty and survival. ONE GOOD HUSTLE chronicles 2 months in Sammie Bell's struggle with her dread that she is somehow doomed genetically to be just another hustler.
Advance Praise:
"Stuck in a rough hustle, the sensitive daughter of two con artists uses badass honesty and wit to survive. Funny, sharp and tender, One Good Hustle delivers a gritty page-turner about what happens when love and loyalty collide with self-preservation."
-- Eden Robinson, author of Monkey Beach & Blood Sports
"What a joy to read a work so brave and unsettling. Billie Livingston holds nothing back: the terrors of teenage life; the charm of criminals; and the innocence and anger of girls on the run. Sammie Bell is Holden Caulfield, if he was born on the wrong side of the tracks and wandering through Vancouver streets."
--Rebecca Godfrey, author of The Torn Skirt & Under the Bridge
--Rebecca Godfrey, author of The Torn Skirt & Under the Bridge
“In One Good Hustle, Billie Livingston once again masterfully deploys her edgy wit to create a perfectly pitched adolescent voice, an unforgettable heroine whose scam artist toughness is matched only by her yearning for authenticity.
A great read from start to finish.
--Lilian Nattel, author of Web of Angels
“Entertaining, thoughtful & perfectly crass from page 1, character is steady & strong — Written feverishly: a primal scream.”
--The One Line Review
