<b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Long Bright River</i>: "A stunningly sad and heroically hopeful tale…This is a beautiful novel about relationships of the most makeshift kind." —<i>O, The Oprah Magazine</i> </b><br><p>Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn’t left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. Twenty miles away, in Yonkers, seventeen-year-old Kel Keller navigates life as the poor kid in a rich school and pins his hopes on what seems like a promising baseball career. The link between this unlikely pair is Kel’s mother, Charlene, a former student of Arthur’s. Told with warmth and intelligence through Arthur and Kel’s own quirky and lovable voices, <i>Heft</i> is the story of two improbable heroes whose connection transforms both their lives.</p>