Bleeding Kansas
by:
Sara Paretsky (author)
Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780451224453 (0451224450)
ASIN: 0451224450
Publish date: 2008-08-01
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
I found the book realistic and compelling and I loved the characters. Pretty close to where I grew up and where I went to college. There are even a few references to actual local events of the 60s which I witnessed myself. A quiet book about generally quiet people. Very strong.
A quotation from the book that caught my attention:"The hardest thing about adolescence is that everything seems too big. There's no way to get context or perspective, ..... Pain and joy without limits. No one can live like that forever, so experience finally comes to our rescue. We come to know ...