description: Set in the early 1960s, West of Rehoboth is the moving story of 12-year-old Edward Massey. Each summer, to escape the heat of Philadelphia, Edward's family moves to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. A pristine resort area untouched by racial integration, Rehoboth Beach offers work for his mother and a sandy playground for his sister. But for Edwardan imaginative boy smitten with Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirotit offers the chance to understand his curmudgeonly uncle Rufus, a man caught in a swirl of hard luck and bad choices.Forging a tenuous bond, their relationship will take Edward on a harrowing journey through Rufus's pastan amalgam of violence, disappointment, and frustration. As he tries to make sense of the sadness and despair of his uncle's life, Edward must struggle to avoid losing himself to the same destiny.
title: West of Rehoboth
titlecomplete: West of Rehoboth (Unabridged)
genres: Fiction, Novels, African American, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 150
places: Delaware
publisher: Recorded Books, LCC