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ASH CREEK ROAD: The Kansas-Colorado Trilogy - Couverture souple

Huffman, David

 
9780595481422: ASH CREEK ROAD: The Kansas-Colorado Trilogy
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595481426 ISBN 13 : 9780595481422
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

Life is not easy when you are twelve and mad. Alex Thompson feels abandoned by his dad when his father leaves him and goes to war in Iraq. Fearing that her son's anger will turn into hatred, his mother asks her father, Dr. Jason Jamison, for help. On a camping trip, Alex asks his grandfather if he ever felt abandoned. In response, Jason tells about a time over fifty years earlier when he was fourteen and innocent.In 1954, life was simple and carefree. All Jason and his best friend, George Alexander, wanted to do was to play baseball when their tranquility was shattered. Polio paralyzed George, and fear griped Smithville, Kansas, because there was no polio vaccine at the time, and anybody could be the next victim. Jason was upset and felt abandoned when his father, the town physician, sent him to stay with his grandparents on Ash Creek Farm. Moreover, George's parents abandoned their paralyzed son by sending him to a nursing home and nobody seemed to care. How could Jason help George when he was isolated on the farm and miles away from his friend? Will Jason's story help Alex understand and accept his own father's obligation?

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Life is not easy when you are twelve and mad. Alex Thompson feels abandoned by his dad when his father leaves him and goes to war in Iraq. Fearing that her son's anger will turn into hatred, his mother asks her father, Dr. Jason Jamison, for help. On a camping trip, Alex asks his grandfather if he ever felt abandoned. In response, Jason tells about a time over fifty years earlier when he was fourteen and innocent.In 1954, life was simple and carefree. All Jason and his best friend, George Alexander, wanted to do was to play baseball when their tranquility was shattered. Polio paralyzed George, and fear griped Smithville, Kansas, because there was no polio vaccine at the time, and anybody could be the next victim. Jason was upset and felt abandoned when his father, the town physician, sent him to stay with his grandparents on Ash Creek Farm. Moreover, George's parents abandoned their paralyzed son by sending him to a nursing home and nobody seemed to care. How could Jason help George when he was isolated on the farm and miles away from his friend? Will Jason's story help Alex understand and accept his own father's obligation?

Biographie de l'auteur

David H. Huffman, M.D., grew up in Hays, Kansas. Ash Creek Road is his third novel and completes a trilogy. His two previous novels are Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice. In addition, he has published several poems and short stories. He and his wife, Carol, live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595481426
ISBN 13 
9780595481422
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
178
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