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"At forty, Cal Shaw has seen better days, that's for sure, but it wasn't always like this. He grew up with his brother, Alvin, and his sister Julia, in the small Maine town of Baxter, confident in his own capabilities, especially regarding music. He took his happy life for granted, as lucky children often do. But everything changed when he was ten and his dad died in a freak accident. Soon, trouble, mostly in the form of a violent stepfather, found a home - his home. As an escape, the Shaw kids turned to music lessons with family friend Uncle Gus, but it turns out no one can escape the violence and grief that rains down on the Shaws. Blue Summer is the story of the Shaw family's undoing, and Cal's struggle to grow up in a world determined to break him. Even his music threatens to take him down with booze-filled nights and one-night stands. As Cal tries to make sense of his existence, living as far away from his family as he can, a snippet of melody comes to him - timeless and haunting. But before he can finish it, his past asserts itself with a phone call that Uncle Gus is dying and it's time to come home and face an altogether different kind of music. In this story, author Jim Nichols writes a riveting coming-of-age novel that examines the melancholy fate of a boy torn apart by loss and domestic abuse, and the justice he eventually delivers, all the while writing a beautiful melody to counter it all, a song he calls 'Blue Summer'"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyVotoMedia:
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BLUE SUMMER is written by Maine author, Jim Nichols, and published by Island Port Press of Yarmouth, Maine. This title is one of the selections of MPR’s (Maine Public Radio) ’All Books Considered’ program, which helped to keep me sane during the pandemic, early 2021.
The book begins in the Bolduc Correctional Facility (inside Maine State Prison) in 1997. Calvin Shaw is ‘inside’ and writing down his life story.
His story may be familiar to many of us - the dark and shadowy goings-on in many dark, shadowy and toxic areas - rural & urban, small town, large town & big city, ‘good’ & nasty families (some hide the poison better than others). Maine is no exception.
The dates and places range from 1997 to 1995 to Cal’s 1960’s childhood years. From Maine to Tampa, Florida and back again to Maine.
Loss is the main subject heading here - loss of family; loss of loved ones; loss of childhood; loss of a sense of identity.
The writing is wonderful - realistic; to the point; honest; interspersed with musical melodies and riffs.
Certainly, a book ‘to be considered’. Thank you Maine Public Radio for alerting me to this title. ***** ( )