Rating: 4.50 (1 ratings)
First published 1995
Caught in the unraveling of her family during the Vietnam War, a young girl in 1960s Brooklyn grapples with her parents' anger, finances, and the draft. As their support and guidance fade, she struggles to make sense of society's mixed messages, her own emerging desires, and the sensuality and brutality of the world around her. Through her fragile perceptions, we witness the passion and poetry, honesty and clear vision of her coming-of-age journey.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, 20th-century, coming-of-age, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: coming-of-age, family-drama, fragile-perceptions
Setting: New York (State), New York, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Period: 1960s, Vietnam War
128 pages · Hardcover · Dutton
Content warnings: war