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169 pp.
| Front |
June, 2002 |
TradeISBN 1-886910-79-0$$16.95
(3)
YA
Six stories focus on several generations of an Australian family, pinpointing pivotal moments and exploring the connections between them. In 1935, Kenny, fourteen, rides his bicycle into an unknown future after his father's sudden death; in 2002, James, tortured by his parents' arguing, is heartened by the greeting of a strange boy on an old-fashioned bicycle. Honest, graceful, and resonant, the stories speak to the essence of the human condition.