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Be Home By Dinner
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781092418898
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 19 2019
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When Garvey is four, a shameless driver named Kova almost hits him with his car on a quiet street in the Philly burbs. Kova drives off, but doesn't vanish. He resurfaces routinely over the next fifteen years as an unruly man with vile habits. As Garvey grows, he joins various cliques, each bound by dares and small risks, a currency he never quite trusts. He'd rather be with Emma, the tomboy girl next door, than out gambling with mischief. But it's through late night mischief that Kova is revealed for what he really is: a philanthropist and golf pro hiding a secret far darker than his reputation suggests.
Be Home by Dinner is a 1980s story about growing up in the shadow of repulsive, untouchable adults, about friendships that burn bright and fade fast, and about the consequential moments that decide who we become. It's about a boy learning that the line between mischief and malice isn't always visible until it's too late, and about how home, once you've found it, is worth staying for.
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Be Home By Dinner questions whether misbehavior is a perpetual need that can't be severed after childhood. And wonders what constitutes it going too far. ================================== A nostalgic, suspenseful story that combines a Gen X romance, a splintered coming of age American portrait and the fallout of a madman. ================================== Taking place from 1978 through 1993, Be Home By Dinner explores the last generation of kids to grow up without ubiquitous internet access. Void of smart phones and surveillance cameras everywhere, they roamed free. No app tracked their footsteps. Communicative technology was a pay phone and the monsters of mankind lingered -- difficult to prove.==================================
Sentimental nostalgic meets a chilling suspense story. - Louis S. This great book by C. Franke demonstrates that this town is straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. - Bernie G. Girls, mischief, and social anxiety are all there, setting the tone of a world lived parallel to, but inexorably leading to, that of adults. - Paul C. If you grew up in the late 70s/80s, you will love this book. - Stef S. Great read and highly recommend to Gen X and their kids in high school and or college. - PJ W. It's well written & heckuva story that follows a kid as he grows up and lives life while maintaining a certain naivete as to why what he's doing keeps getting him into trouble... - Pas N. The author has a knack for weaving together a well-paced narrative with rich details from a bygone era. Highly recommended! - Kathleen P. I devoured this fine, engaging book in four sittings. - E. M. S. The author captures the myriad of routes to adulthood exceptionally well with ease of reading. - - Raymond F.Also in
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