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This is the 1950s rural northern Michigan coming-of-age tale. Set in 1957 in rural northern Michigan, "Season of Water and Ice" is the story of a pivotal few months in the life of young teen Danny DeWitt, who lives alone with his father following the sudden departure of his mother. Bookish and relatively friendless, Danny becomes acquainted with Amber, a pregnant teenager abandoned by her boyfriend and rejected by her family. Both outsiders - one because of disposition, the other because of social stigma - Danny and Amber form an unusual, openhearted alliance that helps each deal with their separate challenges. Their friendship is tested when Amber's abusive boyfriend returns and Danny's mother withdraws more permanently from her family, leading eventually to a crisis that threatens Amber and her unborn child, as well as Danny's concept of love and manhood. Danny struggles to understand himself and the confusing and, at times, frightening world in which he lives. His analytically oriented mind attempts to make sense of the rigid stereotypes of the 1950s and highlights his progressive attitude toward social issues of the era. Danny straddles the uncertain gap between childhood and adulthood in this novel that is underscored by themes of independence and obligation, love and sexuality, courage and surrender. "Season of Water and Ice" will appeal to both adult and young-adult readers, particularly those who enjoy realistic, coming-of-age works. Excerpt - 'What would you do up here all by yourself?' I asked my father. He was leaning back against the counter, his arms crossed, the cigarette held off at an odd angle, like a girl. He brought the cigarette up to his lips and took a deep swallow of smoke. 'I suspect I'd do what I'm doing right now, Danny, trying to scratch out a livelihood in the north woods of Michigan.' He started to raise the cigarette up to his lips but he stopped halfway. 'Which may be another way of saying I'd try to tilt at windmills.' I didn't know what 'tilt at windmills' meant and I didn't really care. But I was beginning to understand that my father could sometimes use words to keep the truth away, rather than to bring it closer.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Pełny tytuł: Season of Water and Ice
• Autor: Donald Lystra
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 240
• EAN: 9780875806280
• ISBN: 0875806287
• ID: 04750351
• Wydawca: Cornell University Press
• Waga: 417 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 19 mm
• Data wydania: 15. May 2009

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