The Mountain Lion
A Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Literary Fiction book. He whirled round and round in his rapid love; it...
Eight-year-old Molly and her ten-year-old brother Ralph are inseparable, in league with each other against the stodgy and stupid routines of school and daily life; against their prim mother and prissy older sisters; against the world of authority and perhaps the world itself. One summer they are sent from the genteel Los Angeles suburb that is their home to...
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- Pages: 240 pages
- ISBN: 9781590173527 / 0
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He whirled round and round in his rapid love; it pricked him on the breastbone like a needle. He wanted to be shut up in a small space to think about it. He wanted to grab it and eat it like an apple so that nobody else could have it. Jean Stafford, The Mountain Lion //
Complicated (but told in a remarkably straightforward style), sad, strange, wise, and always compelling, The Mountain Lion is frequently categorized as a coming-of-age novel. But brothers, sisters, genteel mothers, portraits of dead grandfathers, the lingering scars of scarlet fever, and the limited use that a Colorado cattle ranch... This book is not about a mountain lion in the same way To Kill a Mockingbird is not about a mockingbird. It is the story of a brother and sister and their relationship with each other and with other members of their family and extended family as they go from childhood into their teens. The main characters are well developed. The author... Carson McCullers fans
