Grab on to Me Tightly as If I Knew the Way Paperback - 2006
by Bryan Charles
In 1992 Vim Sweeney is dealing with the recent end of his high school career and the uncertainty of his future. This novel traces his stumble toward adulthood as he learns to accept that the things he thought would last forever probably won't.
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A wise, bighearted, and hilarious look at one teenager's life by a remarkable new voice in contemporary fiction
It's 1992, and as Vim Sweeney deals with the recent end of his high school career and the uncertainty of his future, America shares his angst. In Seattle, Kurt Cobain reeks of teen spirit. In Washington, George Bush (the first one) has just finished rattling his saber at Saddam Hussein. And in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Vim is trying to put off adulthood and all that comes with it, whatever that is, for as long as he can. He's already juggling guitars, girls, and a long-absent biological father who's suddenly making noise about Wanting to Be Involved. And he still can't convince his friends why local schoolboy hero Derek Jeter is bound for obscurity.
Grab On to Me Tightly as if I Knew the Way traces Vim's stumble toward adulthood as he comes to terms with his parents, balances friendships and infatuation with varying levels of success, and accepts that the things he thought would last forever probably won't. Generous in spirit and laugh-out-loud funny, here is a novel that introduces a tremendous new talent and deftly captures the alternately amusing and harrowing process of holding on until you find your way.
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- Title Grab on to Me Tightly as If I Knew the Way
- Author Bryan Charles
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2006-06-13
- ISBN 9780060882983 / 0060882980
- Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.32 x 0.59 in (20.37 x 13.51 x 1.50 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1990's
- Sex & Gender: Masculine
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Bildungsromans, United States - Social life and customs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006287889
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/01/2006, Page 16
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/2006, Page 249
- Publishers Weekly, 04/03/2006, Page 38
- School Library Journal, 11/01/2006, Page 171
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