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Balanced On The Edge

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A coming of age story set in the 1960’s about Flora, a scar-faced14-year-old girl in a Chicago slum, who is thrown out of her home by her physically and emotionally abusive mother. Her father, who takes her in, seems to grant her all the freedom she ever dreamed of, but Flora wonders if he cares about her at all when he pressures her to drop out of high school and get a menial job. The tension of the era fills the white against black, “greasers” against hippies, and anti-war protestors versus the police. The world feels ready to explode. Though Flora feels like a coward, she has one she leaps into the magical transformation of Art. She draws fearlessly, paints rainbow walls, writes songs for homework, and makes her own clothes out of old curtains. Flora’s search for acceptance leads her to the humble yet compelling “Saint” Joe who works in a second hand store, as well as a mysterious, eccentric sage who lives right next door. A friend asks her to attend a civil rights march, which would risk the loss of Flora’s newfound home. Her druggy boyfriend lures her to a party in a condemned building, where she sees how easy it would be to die. Flora feels doomed. The champions of goodness are being struck down, her friends are being drafted to fight in a pointless war, and Flora must dance with the devil- or not.

Language: English

Pages: 152

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: March 10, 2012

Balanced On The Edge

0/5 ( ratings)

A coming of age story set in the 1960’s about Flora, a scar-faced14-year-old girl in a Chicago slum, who is thrown out of her home by her physically and emotionally abusive mother. Her father, who takes her in, seems to grant her all the freedom she ever dreamed of, but Flora wonders if he cares about her at all when he pressures her to drop out of high school and get a menial job. The tension of the era fills the white against black, “greasers” against hippies, and anti-war protestors versus the police. The world feels ready to explode. Though Flora feels like a coward, she has one she leaps into the magical transformation of Art. She draws fearlessly, paints rainbow walls, writes songs for homework, and makes her own clothes out of old curtains. Flora’s search for acceptance leads her to the humble yet compelling “Saint” Joe who works in a second hand store, as well as a mysterious, eccentric sage who lives right next door. A friend asks her to attend a civil rights march, which would risk the loss of Flora’s newfound home. Her druggy boyfriend lures her to a party in a condemned building, where she sees how easy it would be to die. Flora feels doomed. The champions of goodness are being struck down, her friends are being drafted to fight in a pointless war, and Flora must dance with the devil- or not.

Language: English

Pages: 152

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: March 10, 2012

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