One Summer - Softcover

Drake, Albert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0936892242 ISBN 13: 9780936892245

Publisher: Stone Press, 2011

Synopsis

"One Summer" is a semi-autobiographical novel that evokes the sights, sounds and smells of small-town Lents through the eyes of an adolescent boy growing up on the edge of 1940's Portland, Oregon. Drawing from personal experience, as well as historical events of Portland, Drake weaves the story of a teen reaching adulthood in the summer of 1948 that is simultaneously nostalgic and honest. Chris and his friends read Real Clue and Detective Comics at the Mt Scott drugstore, hang out at the movies at a time when John Garfield was starring in "They Made Me A Criminal," and listen to "I Love A Mystery" on the radio. Meanwhile, hints of the adult world intrude on Chris' idyll: the responsibility of a paper route, involvement in petty crimes with his friend Mal, and a plane crash on 92nd Street. "One Summer" taps the feeling of being young, looking for adventure, and finding it in the most surprising places.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stone Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0936892242
• ISBN 13: 9780936892245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 122