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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 16 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Wilson Bethel. |
| Summary |
With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Henry-lonely, friendless, not too good at sports-spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies of his female classmates. For company Henry has his long-divorced mother, Adele-a onetime dancer whose summer project was to teach him how to foxtrot; his hamster, Joe; and awkward Saturday-night outings to Friendly's with his estranged father and new stepfamily. As much as he tries, Henry knows that even with his jokes and his "Husband for a Day" coupon, he still can't make his emotionally fragile mother happy. Adele has a secret that makes it hard for her to leave their house, and seems to possess an irreparably broken heart. But all that changes on the Thursday before Labor Day, when a mysterious bleeding man named Frank approaches Henry and asks for a hand. Over the next five days, Henry will learn some of life's most valuable lessons: how to throw a baseball, the secret to perfect piecrust, the breathless pain of jealousy, the power of betrayal, and the importance of putting others-especially those we love-above ourselves. And the knowledge that real love is worth waiting for. In a manner evoking Ian McEwan's Atonement and Nick Hornby's About a Boy, acclaimed author Joyce Maynard weaves a beautiful, poignant tale of love, sex, adolescence, and devastating treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy-and the man he later becomes-looking back at an unexpected encounter that begins one single long, hot, life-altering weekend. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Teenage boys -- New Hampshire -- Fiction.
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Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
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Life change events -- Fiction.
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Fugitives from justice -- Fiction.
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Betrayal -- Fiction.
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New Hampshire -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Bildungsromans.
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| Added Author |
Bethel, Wilson, 1984-
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780061956409 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0061956406 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11588084 |
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