What You Carry: A Novel - Couverture souple

Mello, Sandra Austin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0999733001 ISBN 13 : 9780999733004

Editeur : Sandra Austin Mello, 2018

Synopsis

Set along the Florida Space Coast in the summer of 1976, WHAT YOU CARRY finds the Thompson family at its breaking point as the family patriarch’s barely managed Schizophrenia expresses full bore. Determined to fulfill his destiny as the Son of God, Lyle Thompson dissociates from his family, leaving them to deal with their earthly struggles -- as well as his illness -- on their own. Steeped in pop culture and rooted in a time and place both familiar and exotic, WHAT YOU CARRY explores how our inheritance -- from blue eyes and strong teeth to denial and delusion-- shapes our lives. The Thompsons' insistence on survival, as individuals and as a family, is the heart of this taut and deeply human story. We follow Lyle, his wife Tammy and their three children -- Theresa, Robert and Kitty -- as they try to escape the family burden, each using the means at hand, be it holy salvation or Valium, music or sex, embracing the Florida wilds or getting in the nearest car and hitching a ride.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

About Sandra Austin Mello Growing up along the hardscrabble banks of the Indian River across from Cape Kennedy was a fantastical experience. I had to write the place, the era and the effect it still has on me. My writing first emerged from a successful career as a songwriter. I create, record, perform and publish original work. Beyond several US tours, my work is featured in television and films.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sandra Austin Mello
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0999733001
• ISBN 13: 9780999733004
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg