Concrete Angel

Happy to announce that my novel CONCRETE ANGEL will be published by Exhibit A Books in February, 2015. New agent, Bryon Quertermous, made the deal. This has been a long time coming (more than 100 stories before I had the nerve). And I have many people to thank. My acknowledgements page might be as long as the story.

 Concrete Angel by Patricia Abbott

Eve Moran has always wanted ‘things’ and has proven both inventive and tenacious in both getting and keeping them – she lies, steals, cheats and swindles, paying little heed to the cost of her actions on those who love her. When Eve kills a man she picks up in a shoe repair shop, she persuades her twelve year-old daughter, Christine, to confess to the crime. The girl, compelled by love, dependency and circumstance, is caught up in her mother’s deceptions and find herself drawn to her new role. It’s only when Christine’s three year-old brother, Ryan, is drawn into her mother’s deceptions, that she finds the courage and means to bring an end to Eve’s tyranny.
Set in 1970s Philadelphia and packaged to match, Concrete Angel pits a vindictive and manipulative mother against a daughter with just enough of her mother’s immorality to fight back.

Book Info:

UK Print
Date: 5th February 2015
ISBN: 9781784090043
Format: Medium (B-Format) Paperback
R.R.P.: £8.99
US/CAN Print
Date: 3rd February 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78409-003-6
Format: Small (Mass-Market) Paperback
R.R.P.: US$7.99 CAN$9.99
Format: Large (Trade) Paperback
R.R.P.: US$14.99 CAN$16.99
Ebook
Date: 3rd February 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78409-005-0
Format: Epub & Mobi
R.R.P.: £5.49 / US$6.99