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Youngby Miriam Colwell $15.95
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Young is a lively and
moving story of one young
woman’s restlessness and
struggle with life in a small
Maine coastal town during
the 1950s.
Young’s timeless
themes still resonate as
Evelyn, a recent high school
graduate, confronts the
question: What is she going
to do with her life? All
she knows for sure is that
she is ready to escape a
place where people know
her every move and where
her mother bakes bread
that Evelyn delivers to the
increasing number of summer residents.
Young (originally published in 1955) follows Evelyn and her best
friend, the naive and intelligent Susan, as they con their way through a
rowdy and ultimately tragic twenty-four hours. And by the end of that
day Evelyn chooses her path—for right or wrong.
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Excerpt:
“It made me quietly steam, the way Ma
knocked herself out with that bread. And
expected me to act like getting it delivered
was a sacred trust. Brother! Nobody was
a tin god to me just because they were
summer people. All it takes to own a
Cadillac is a few thousand dollars.
Actually, they must have had their
stupid side. The way they used to let their
help get away with robbery. We ate the
Ogdens’ sugar and lard and stuff all winter
in the g.o.d.’s. And one year when Dad
chauffeured for them, we rode on their tires.
Our car took the same size.
But try to argue with my mother. They
were summer people, so they were a breed
apart, even if they didn’t furnish free rides
anymore. ”
