โ Scribed by Land, Brad
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Brad Land's acclaimed memoir, Goat , was a riveting, brilliantly crafted account of masculinity, violence, and brotherhood. Now here is Land's remarkable fiction debut, a haunting novel of a stark, troubled coming-of-age.
At fifteen, Terry Webber hovers uneasily between child and man. His father, the second-shift foreman at the textile plant in their South Carolina town, is too tired to pay Terry much mind. Their relationship lies stagnant and silent; neither is willing to acknowledge the hole Terry's mother left in their lives when she killed herself only months after Terry's birth.
Terry wanders aimlessly through school, trying to fill his days as best he can. When he meets Alice Washington, he is immediately drawn to her enigmatic and vibrant spirit. Together, they seek a way out of their numbing existence and set out for Alice's sister's commune in Colorado, in pursuit of an existence free of parents and restrictions. Yet when a brutal accident occurs,...
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