Summary
Seventeen-year-old Marty Pierce leaves small-town Kentucky for London, hoping to explore his sexuality and find work playing oboe, but homesickness, anxiety, and his dwindling savings worsen even as his dreams are coming true. Full description
Summary: |
Seventeen-year-old Marty Pierce leaves small-town Kentucky for London, hoping to explore his sexuality and find work playing oboe, but homesickness, anxiety, and his dwindling savings worsen even as his dreams are coming true. |
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Physical Description: |
314 pages ; 22 cm |
Audience: |
Ages 13+. Grades 10-12. |
ISBN: |
9781547600175 1547600179 |
Author Notes: |
Phil Stamper is the bestselling author of The Gravity of Us and As Far as You'll Take Me . He grew up in a rural village near Dayton, Ohio. He has a BA in music and an MA in publishing with creative writing. And, unsurprisingly, a lot of student debt. He works for a major book publisher in New York City and lives in New York with his husband and their dog. |