A Year of Rhymes
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (526 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0670847321 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A young boy living in 1950s small-town America endures the ordeal of his own sexual awakening and the slow death of his brother to leukemia. By the author of Maps to Anywhere. 10,000 first printing.
. Dismayed by awakening homosexual feelings, Burt tries " dividing everything on earth into its appropriate category--His, Hers--so that I knew what I mustn't like or do." Eventually he realizes, however, that "so much of the world doesn't fit neatly into either camp: clocks, weeds, Wonder bread, our two-tone hi-fi." Attempting to define his own orientation, Burt carefully and thoughtfully observes the various adults around him, especially his beloved older brother Bob, whose battle with leukemia foreshadows the onslaught of AIDS. In a low-key, confident voice frequently enlivened by verbal
Evocative John Rice Burt is 6th grader waking up to his sexuality at the same time his older brother is dying from leukemia. His brother works for their attorney father by serving subpoenas on people. Burt sometimes accompanies him. Bob falls in love with Marion Hirsch a kind of free spirit who cannot return his love. The novel follows . Excellent Writing I hate when a book this good comes out in 1993 and I don't even hear about it until 1999!Mr. Cooper is a masterful writer. A Year of Rhymes is funny without being silly, poignant without being sappy, and generally well done: I feel I haven't read a book this good all year. Mr. Cooper joins superb technique with touch