Jealous kind : a novel
On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first love and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend, Grady Harrelson, at a Galveston drive-in, he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of the richest families in Texas. He also discovers he must find the courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great War.
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First loves > Fiction. Social classes > Fiction. Texas > History > 1951- > Fiction. |
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Large print books. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 9781410491640
- Physical Description 597 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition Large print edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016.
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The Jealous Kind
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorWritten in evocative prose, The Jealous Kind is an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in 1952 Texas, as the Korean War rages. As Aaron Holland Broussard undergoes his harrowing evolution from boy to man, we can't help but recall the inspirational and curative power of first love and how far we would go to protect it.