Jim the Boy - Hardcover

Earley, Tony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316199648 ISBN 13: 9780316199643

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2000

Synopsis

Jim the Boy is the portrait of a young boy as he takes his first tentative steps toward adulthood in a tiny southern town earlier in this century. He plays baseball, attends a new school, and befriends a rival, all the while measuring himself against the high standards set by his mother and uncles and the long shadows cast by his dead father. Deftly entering the world of this ten-year-old, Earley masterfully explores Jim's growing awareness of the complex adult world that shelters him.

About this title

Book Description:

Now in paperback: the joyously acclaimed first novel, originally welcomed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review!, that enchants readers of all ages

About the Author:

Tony Earley was born and raised in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and graduated from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where he earned his MFA in creative writing, studied under Richard Yates, and won several fiction prizes

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0316199648
• ISBN 13: 9780316199643
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240