Jim the Boy
Both delightful and wise, Jim the Boy brilliantly captures the pleasures and fears of youth at a time when America itself was young and struggling to come into its own.
Both delightful and wise, Jim the Boy brilliantly captures the pleasures and fears of youth at a time when America itself was young and struggling to come into its own.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780316199643 (0316199648)
Publish date: June 1st 2000
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Southern
Series: Jim Glass (#1)
I picked this book up at a used-book store, not knowing anything about it. I read it in one night and it was beautiful. I see a number of reviews that criticize the lack of "plot," but I found that in the book's favor. The book starts with Jim's 10th birthday and covers a year of his life in a small...
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