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Overview
Overview
Set in 1953, this novel follows 21-year-old Celia Henderson during a month of uncertainty in her life. Visiting Galveston, Texas, a barrier island with its own history of instability and survival, Celia faces a series of conflicts--between a lawless Galveston and a hypocritical, "moral" mainland; between the Old South and the Old West; and between homosexuals and those prejudiced against them. Celia, who narrates her story 30 years after the fact, must also cope with a sexual double standard inherent in her attraction to an unhappy law student. As she interacts with her irrepressible cowboy cousin Emmett Chandler and a Mexican American artist, Louis Platon, Celia grows to accept her own fears and understand others and life's continual uncertainties. While Celia personifies the innocence of the 1950s--seldom as innocent as portrayed--this tale offers an inside look at continual social problems in the U.S.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Osborn, Carolyn
- ISBN: 9780916727673
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.90 x 0.70
- Number Of Pages: 192
- Publication Year: 2010