Grab On to Me Tightly as if I Knew the Way: A Novel
An engaging, often hilarious coming-of-age novel of uncertainty and discovery oozing with early 90s nostalgia.Ā
āFunny and unpredictable...(Charles) proves impressively adept at capturing the inchoate ache of adolescent longing.ā Ā Ā Ā āĀ Washington Post
Itās 1992, and America is caught in the grip of major Angst. In Washington, D.C., George H. W. Bush is rattling the mother of all sabres at Saddam Hussein. In Seattle, Curt Kobain is heady with the smell of teen spirit. And in Kalamazoo, MI, Vim Sweeney is trying to put off adulthood and all that comes with it (whatever that is) as long as he can. Heās already juggling guitars, girls, and graduationāand a biological father who Wants To Be Involved. And he still canāt convince his friends why local schoolboy hero Derek Jeter is bound for obscurity. How can he possibly handle the future when he canāt even cope with right now?
Grab Onto Me Tightly As If I Knew the Way traces Vimās 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 wonāt. Big-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, it introduces an exciting and imaginative new writer who deftly captures the follies, foibles, and fun of adolescence for readers of every age.
An engaging, often hilarious coming-of-age novel of uncertainty and discovery oozing with early 90s nostalgia.Ā
āFunny and unpredictable...(Charles) proves impressively adept at capturing the inchoate ache of adolescent longing.ā Ā Ā Ā āĀ Washington Post
Itās 1992, and America is caught in the grip of major Angst. In Washington, D.C., George H. W. Bush is rattling the mother of all sabres at Saddam Hussein. In Seattle, Curt Kobain is heady with the smell of teen spirit. And in Kalamazoo, MI, Vim Sweeney is trying to put off adulthood and all that comes with it (whatever that is) as long as he can. Heās already juggling guitars, girls, and graduationāand a biological father who Wants To Be Involved. And he still canāt convince his friends why local schoolboy hero Derek Jeter is bound for obscurity. How can he possibly handle the future when he canāt even cope with right now?
Grab Onto Me Tightly As If I Knew the Way traces Vimās 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 wonāt. Big-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, it introduces an exciting and imaginative new writer who deftly captures the follies, foibles, and fun of adolescence for readers of every age.
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An engaging, often hilarious coming-of-age novel of uncertainty and discovery oozing with early 90s nostalgia.Ā
āFunny and unpredictable...(Charles) proves impressively adept at capturing the inchoate ache of adolescent longing.ā Ā Ā Ā āĀ Washington Post
Itās 1992, and America is caught in the grip of major Angst. In Washington, D.C., George H. W. Bush is rattling the mother of all sabres at Saddam Hussein. In Seattle, Curt Kobain is heady with the smell of teen spirit. And in Kalamazoo, MI, Vim Sweeney is trying to put off adulthood and all that comes with it (whatever that is) as long as he can. Heās already juggling guitars, girls, and graduationāand a biological father who Wants To Be Involved. And he still canāt convince his friends why local schoolboy hero Derek Jeter is bound for obscurity. How can he possibly handle the future when he canāt even cope with right now?
Grab Onto Me Tightly As If I Knew the Way traces Vimās 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 wonāt. Big-hearted and laugh-out-loud funny, it introduces an exciting and imaginative new writer who deftly captures the follies, foibles, and fun of adolescence for readers of every age.
