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This fictional alternately beautiful and brutal coming of age tale narrated by Jon Mosher looking back on his high school days (1968) in Brewster , New York, contains its own soundtrack. With the likes of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, The Rolling Stones, and somewhere in there the Beatles whispering "Let It Be" in the background , Jon, a 16 year old track star and his best friend Ray a darker rebellious type, both of whom will encounter serious setbacks ,try to navigate this tumultuous time a
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This was a powerfully emotional read. The narrator’s voice created true intimacy with the reader, drawing me into the circle of these young friends so that I could touch their pain, hope, grief, confusion, love. Never did this author need to tell the reader what to think or feel, rather he allowed us to accompany the characters and trusted the story to the reader. This is a coming of age story set in a working class town in the late 1960s, when private pain was hidden, domestic tragedies went un
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May 26, 2014
Molly
marked it as to-read
Sep 13, 2015
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marked it as to-read
