Book Summary. A quietly startling, beautiful book, The Gunners engages us with vividly unforgettable characters, and advances Rebecca Kauffman's place as one of the most important young writers of her generation. Following her wonderfully received first novel, Another Place You've Never Been, called "mesmerizing," "powerful," and "gorgeous," by critics all over the country, Rebecca Kauffman returns . The Gunners. Rebecca Kauffman, Counterpoint Press. pp. ISBN Summary. Mikey Callahan, a thirty-year-old suffering from the clouded vision of macular degeneration, struggles to establish human connections. Even his emotional life is a blur. The Gunners. by. Rebecca Kauffman. · Rating details · 5, ratings · reviews. Achieving bold emotional complexity, The Gunners explores just how much one moment, one decision, or one person can change us. Following on her wonderfully received first novel, Another Place You’ve Never Been, called "mesmerizing," "powerful," and "gorgeous," by critics all over the country, Rebecca Kauffman /5.
Alice turned the music up all the way, to full volume. Oh oh-oh-oh, you've got the best of my love! Oh oh-oh-oh, you've got the best of my love! The bus driver bellowed, "Clancy, sit your ass down!". Alice wouldn't stop. Up and down the aisle she went, singing and dancing, the boombox high above her head. These formative (and ever-changing) friendships are at the heart of Rebecca Kauffman's new novel, The Gunners. In upstate New York in the s, Mikey, Lynn, Sally, Alice, Sam and Jimmy are inseparable from a young age. Book Club Pick: August Title: The Gunners Author: Rebecca Kauffman Series: Stand alone novel Country: United States of America Publisher: Counterpoint Press First Published: Pages: Publisher Description: The Gunners used to be inseparable. A gang of latchkey kids, they took their name from the doorbell of the abandoned house they played in as children - and drank in as teenagers..
A quietly startling, beautiful book, The Gunners engages us with vividly unforgettable characters, and advances Rebecca Kauffman's place as one of the most important young writers of her generation. Following her wonderfully received first novel, Another Place You've Never Been, called "mesmerizing," "powerful," and "gorgeous," by critics all over the country, Rebecca Kauffman returns with Mikey Callahan, a thirty-year-old who is suffering from the clouded vision of macular degeneration. The Gunners. Author: Rebecca Kauffman. Series: Best Books of (So Far) Genre: Fiction. The Gunners is a story of childhood friendships revisited in adulthood. This is a common theme that often seems to be explored in more sinister books-- The Chalk Man and several by Stephen King come to mind. The Gunners. Rebecca Kauffman, Counterpoint Press. pp. ISBN Summary. Mikey Callahan, a thirty-year-old suffering from the clouded vision of macular degeneration, struggles to establish human connections. Even his emotional life is a blur.
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