The Obsession of Henry Enright - Couverture rigide

Lorden, J I

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ISBN 10 : 1462036724 ISBN 13 : 9781462036721

Editeur : iUniverse, 2011

Synopsis

Poignant and heart wrenching yet replete with hope, The Obsession of Henry Enright captures the mood of an era through the eyes of a misguided soul seeking to know and be known.

A stranger in a strange town, Henry Enright is thirteen when he moves with his Irish Catholic family from Boston to Union in 1954.

The simple country life and relief from the oppression of his strict Catholic upbringing was at first freedom and joy but it turned to tragedy when he was forced to identify the bodies of his friends killed in a car wreck.

In a time when rock and roll has just started to play from the jukeboxes and the sexual revolution is on the rise, Henry, determined to remake his image and be accepted by his peers, begins to make a dramatic transformation.

With only his wits to guide him in his rebellion against authority and religious hypocrisy, Henry has no idea how devastating the consequences of his revolt against the world around him will be.

Presented as fiction but reading like a memoir the reminisces of Henry Enright reveal with candor what life was like in the rural town of Union, Massachusetts in the 1950's.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1955, Henry Enright is a stranger in a strange town. The painfully shy, naïve teenager has relocated with his family from Boston to a quiet rural community, and Henry tries not to remember the thrashing he received a few years earlier on a cold winter's day in the shadow of St. Andrew's Church-a beating that would leave him even more determined to find acceptance-no matter what the personal cost. In a time when rock and roll has just started to play from the jukeboxes and the sexual revolution is on the rise, Henry, determined to remake his image and be accepted by his peers, begins to make a dramatic transformation. With only his wits to guide him in his rebellion against authority and religious hypocrisy, Henry has no idea how devastating the consequences of his revolt against the world around him will be. Both poignant and heart-wrenching, The Obsession of Henry Enright captures the mood of an era through the eyes of a misguided soul seeking to know and be known.

Biographie de l'auteur

J. I. Lordenwas born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is an artist and president of a design firm. He currently resides with his wife in a small town on the coast of New England. This is his first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1462036724
• ISBN 13: 9781462036721
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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