An Ocean in Iowa
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Erscheinungsdatum
01.10.2020
Verlag
RosettabooksSeitenzahl
252 (Printausgabe)
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1285 KB
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Englisch
EAN
9780795343186
A "funny and supremely moving"novel about a seven-year-old navigating a world of turmoil by the author of
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (
Harper's Bazaar).
Seven-year-old Scotty Ocean decides that seven is going to be "his year." But soon after his birthday, his artist-turned-alcoholic mother abandons the family-leaving Scotty and his two older sisters alone with their father. As his perfect year falls apart, Scotty begins to act out during school and takes a series of increasingly wild actions to try to win his mother back-and, when that doesn't work, to replace her.
Funny and deeply affecting,
An Ocean in Iowatraces Scotty's desperate attempt to hold on to his childhood while the foundation of his family disintegrates. As Scotty's year as a seven-year-old flies by-and the dreaded eight approaches-Peter Hedges explores how Scotty sheds his childhood in a one-eighty of the year he hoped would be so perfect. Beautifully written, and with careful attention to period detail, this compelling coming-of-age novel sets the private turmoil of a disintegrating family against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the turbulent 1960s.
"A delightful romp through the age of seven with an endearing character who revels in life's smallest details." -
The Christian Science Monitor
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (
Harper's Bazaar).
Seven-year-old Scotty Ocean decides that seven is going to be "his year." But soon after his birthday, his artist-turned-alcoholic mother abandons the family-leaving Scotty and his two older sisters alone with their father. As his perfect year falls apart, Scotty begins to act out during school and takes a series of increasingly wild actions to try to win his mother back-and, when that doesn't work, to replace her.
Funny and deeply affecting,
An Ocean in Iowatraces Scotty's desperate attempt to hold on to his childhood while the foundation of his family disintegrates. As Scotty's year as a seven-year-old flies by-and the dreaded eight approaches-Peter Hedges explores how Scotty sheds his childhood in a one-eighty of the year he hoped would be so perfect. Beautifully written, and with careful attention to period detail, this compelling coming-of-age novel sets the private turmoil of a disintegrating family against the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the turbulent 1960s.
"A delightful romp through the age of seven with an endearing character who revels in life's smallest details." -
The Christian Science Monitor
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