Saints of the Household
Ari Tison
Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer--that will take your breath away.
Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down.
But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This act of violence threatens the brothers' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel, Max and Jay grapple with the weight of their actions, their shifting relationship as brothers, and the realization that they may be more like their father than they thought. They'll have to reach back to their Bribri roots to find their way forward.
Told in alternating points of view using vignettes and poems, debut author Ari Tison crafts an emotional, slow-burning drama about brotherhood, abuse, recovery, and doing the right thing.
Duration - 2h 36m.
Author - Ari Tison.
Narrator - Timothy Pabon.
Published Date - Saturday, 28 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2023 Ari Tison ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer--that will take your breath away. Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have learned that the only way to protect themselves and their mother is to stick to a schedule and keep their heads down. But when they hear a classmate in trouble in the woods, instinct takes over and they intervene, breaking up a fight and beating their high school's star soccer player to a pulp. This act of violence threatens the brothers' dreams for the future and their beliefs about who they are. As the true details of that fateful afternoon unfold over the course of the novel, Max and Jay grapple with the weight of their actions, their shifting relationship as brothers, and the realization that they may be more like their father than they thought. They'll have to reach back to their Bribri roots to find their way forward. Told in alternating points of view using vignettes and poems, debut author Ari Tison crafts an emotional, slow-burning drama about brotherhood, abuse, recovery, and doing the right thing. Duration - 2h 36m. Author - Ari Tison. Narrator - Timothy Pabon. Published Date - Saturday, 28 January 2023. Copyright - © 2023 Ari Tison ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:14
Dedication
Duration:00:00:11
I. JAY - Communion
Duration:00:00:46
First Day Back
Duration:00:01:07
Nicole
Duration:00:02:18
Counseling
Duration:00:01:32
Walk Home
Duration:00:01:37
Potatoes
Duration:00:01:31
Neighbor’s Dog
Duration:00:01:19
Five-Thirty
Duration:00:00:21
Empire Builder
Duration:00:00:57
At School
Duration:00:03:35
Welcome Back to Deer Creek, Minnesota
Duration:00:02:49
Intercom
Duration:00:00:31
Luca
Duration:00:01:50
Grandpa Fernando
Duration:00:02:42
Language Lessons
Duration:00:00:53
A Story of Our Names
Duration:00:02:43
In the Woods
Duration:00:01:36
Power of Two
Duration:00:01:26
Firsts
Duration:00:01:28
Secrets
Duration:00:01:15
Seven Eleven Gas Station
Duration:00:04:48
The Sweetheart of Deer Creek
Duration:00:01:31
Indigenous Resistance
Duration:00:02:19
Hallway
Duration:00:02:07
Apologies
Duration:00:00:54
Church Brown
Duration:00:00:48
Sunday Evening
Duration:00:04:19
The Two Men and The Mystical Eagles
Duration:00:01:56
Late
Duration:00:01:00
Workout
Duration:00:01:44
Fists
Duration:00:02:37
Shifts
Duration:00:01:07
II. MAX - "Mom's cries last night…"
Duration:00:00:36
"From the garage,.."
Duration:00:00:27
"I expect a tree to speak to me..."
Duration:00:00:16
"There’s a vivid backdrop.."
Duration:00:00:44
"Because in my mind,.."
Duration:00:00:25
"I flinch when I look…"
Duration:00:00:22
"I get out of the car…"
Duration:00:00:43
"In a minute,…"
Duration:00:00:45
"I set up my easel..."
Duration:00:00:35
"I breathe…"
Duration:00:00:29
"You can feel free to talk if you want,…"
Duration:00:00:46
"I’ve seen your paintings in the studio. They’re good."
Duration:00:00:23
"I finish the background. It’s a pale..."
Duration:00:00:37
"A rightful distraction. Red…"
Duration:00:00:45
"We thought Luca was going to hurt Nicole..."
Duration:00:00:36
"We’re quiet for a while…"
Duration:00:00:54
"From wound to art, I say, repeating what..."
Duration:00:00:41
"We talk on, and…"
Duration:00:00:37
"I try to pay attention to the…"
Duration:00:00:33
"I lend her the sweater I’m wearing,…"
Duration:00:00:12
"Her parents, a mother/photographer too, a…"
Duration:00:00:42
"I show her, and she…"
Duration:00:00:24
"Can I give you my number? Melody asks…"
Duration:00:00:11
"If she’s let me dream…"
Duration:00:00:10
III. JAY - Mom
Duration:00:00:54
Ten PM
Duration:00:01:37
Day One
Duration:00:06:30
Dinner
Duration:00:01:48
Roofs
Duration:00:01:52
Day Three
Duration:00:00:53
Half of It
Duration:00:02:00
IV. MAX - "We go to the movies, I take mom’s car…"
Duration:00:00:52
"Does Mom know what…"
Duration:00:00:26
"I’ve always been safe from Dad in my art…."
Duration:00:00:37
"Melody says she’ll text me tonight…"
Duration:00:00:58
"Would you mind if we keep things quiet?..."
Duration:00:00:25
"I turn my phone back on and I see all of Jay’s calls and text messages…."
Duration:00:00:37
V. Jay - Backyard
Duration:00:01:52
Max’s Studio
Duration:00:02:04
After Church
Duration:00:01:46
Math Teacher Visits Counselors Office
Duration:00:02:07
Next Day
Duration:00:03:42
Meatballs
Duration:00:00:39
Homework
Duration:00:04:13
Art of Nothing
Duration:00:01:28
Field Trip
Duration:00:02:03
The Guthrie
Duration:00:01:43
Richard the III
Duration:00:01:54
Movie Night
Duration:00:00:33
Walk
Duration:00:01:17
Library
Duration:00:01:10
ACT
Duration:00:01:19
Light
Duration:00:00:27
Normalcy
Duration:00:01:33
Roommates
Duration:00:00:47
VI. MAX - "I try to hide that I’m not happy…"
Duration:00:00:53
"When I get home…"
Duration:00:00:20
"Grandpa is…"
Duration:00:00:19
n o t h i n g
Duration:00:00:15
"Grandpa,…"
Duration:00:00:12
"For $8-$12,…"
Duration:00:00:36
"I think of what…"
Duration:00:00:26
"But even I see Nicole…"
Duration:00:00:22
"I don’t get why we have to sneak around…"
Duration:00:00:44
"On the weekdays, I leave home early,…"
Duration:00:01:10
VII. JAY - The Market of Tlatelolco
Duration:00:04:05
Bed Day I
Duration:00:01:36
Bed Day II
Duration:00:02:04
Next Morning
Duration:00:03:12
Thursday
Duration:00:04:25
Living Room Blues
Duration:00:01:16
Church
Duration:00:01:21
Old Man Muscle
Duration:00:00:49
Back
Duration:00:00:37
VIII. MAX - "I dream about a yellow slide,…"
Duration:00:00:51
"If you would stop by…"
Duration:00:00:23
"find that I don’t…"
Duration:00:00:42
"Mom lets us do schoolwork…"
Duration:00:00:44
"When I do read my messages,…"
Duration:00:00:27
"Just after she wakes up,…"
Duration:00:00:09
"Her family spends the weekend reading books…"
Duration:00:00:33
"She stands…."
Duration:00:00:21
"The canvas takes shapes…"
Duration:00:00:36
"Melody's legs are so pale…"
Duration:00:00:14
"I capture her eased…"
Duration:00:00:13
"Everything is so normal,…"
Duration:00:00:09
"Afterwards, she sits with me…"
Duration:00:00:40
"She reaches out and holds my hand…"
Duration:00:00:53
Chapter 123
Duration:00:00:53
"I think you’re…"
Duration:00:00:11
"At home, Jay, you are a swift shadow"
Duration:00:00:44
Chapter 125
Duration:00:00:11
Chapter 127
Duration:00:03:23
"And, Jay,…"
Duration:00:00:10
The Recording
Duration:00:03:42
Shadows
Duration:00:01:12
Small Steps
Duration:00:01:47
Garden
Duration:00:02:08
X. MAX - "Melody and I sit in the back of Dad’s.."
Duration:00:00:33
"We sit there in the truck…"
Duration:00:00:51
"Sometimes her suggestions bother me…."
Duration:00:00:54
"I remember, Jay,…"
Duration:00:00:38
"We had only stayed for an hour while Mom…"
Duration:00:00:31
"Melody wears blue sparkles…"
Duration:00:00:18
"There are others watching her,…"
Duration:00:00:12
"If they touch her,…"
Duration:00:00:29
"We walk from the gym…"
Duration:00:00:21
"Before we get to the hall,…"
Duration:00:00:26
"Are we really that strong?"
Duration:00:00:06
"That night, when you come home from work, at 12:05,…"
Duration:00:00:35
"The next day,…"
Duration:00:00:29
Chapter 144
Duration:00:00:29
"The pocket has frayed…."
Duration:00:00:07
"When I get home from painting after school, I find you digging through my dresser…"
Duration:00:01:30
"And this time,…"
Duration:00:00:07
"I go for you first."
Duration:00:00:56
XI. JAY - Enemies
Duration:00:00:16
Drive
Duration:00:00:46
Sleep
Duration:00:00:24
XII. MAX - "My mind is sore,..."
Duration:00:00:41
"When Melody arrives, she looks around the house,…"
Duration:00:00:41
"I show her my.."
Duration:00:00:17
"And this time, it’s me…."
Duration:00:00:24
"To my back is the blanket that Jay…"
Duration:00:00:14
"I pull the blanket off the bed,…"
Duration:00:00:19
"It’s okay, Max…."
Duration:00:00:12
"And again, it’s me…."
Duration:00:00:31
"A few days later Melody and I walk around town…."
Duration:00:00:26
"After the next day…"
Duration:00:00:38
"Mom has picked up after-school tutoring…"
Duration:00:00:25
"At night, I think about those houses…"
Duration:00:00:33
"find myself with the time I kept for Melody,…"
Duration:00:01:01
"I look at my brown-tipped brush,…"
Duration:00:00:32
"When I come home,…"
Duration:00:00:43
"I haven’t been to the city in years,…"
Duration:00:00:54
"My heart races as the streetlights flicker by…."
Duration:00:00:27
"There are seven…"
Duration:00:00:48
XIII. JAY - At School
Duration:00:00:45
Snapchat
Duration:00:00:58
Spread
Duration:00:01:48
Studio
Duration:00:01:41
Painting
Duration:00:01:40
Melody
Duration:00:02:06
Sweater
Duration:00:01:01
Meals
Duration:00:00:56
Late April
Duration:00:00:12
Turtle Lake in Springtime
Duration:00:02:11
XIV. MAX - "All of my thoughts…"
Duration:00:00:20
"With every painting,…"
Duration:00:00:17
"I have two dimensions of…"
Duration:00:00:18
Chapter 190
Duration:00:01:07
Chapter 184
Duration:00:01:07
max max max
Duration:00:01:08
The garage becomes my woodshop too. I take the scraps from the woodshed, find all of Dad’s
Duration:00:01:07
Personality Exploration: Color Pallet
Duration:00:00:48
Sculpture – Talamanca Eagle Before Disarray
Duration:00:00:32
Constellation Installation
Duration:00:00:45
Eagle Figuration
Duration:00:00:42
"You’ve gained so much depth,…"
Duration:00:00:41
"I do three trash paintings…"
Duration:00:00:46
"I sit, and…"
Duration:00:00:43
XV. JAY - Painting of Grandpa
Duration:00:00:57
Up North
Duration:00:00:43
First Task
Duration:00:00:46
Eagles
Duration:00:00:40
Return
Duration:00:00:28