Off the tracks
Subtitle: a beatnik family journey
By: Constance Hood
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781496922052
Subjects: Bildungsromans; Alternative lifestyles; Fiction; Families; Travel; Style de vie alternatif; Romans, nouvelles; Familles; Voyages
Other titles: Beatnik family journey
Description: "'A beatnik family journey' is a coming of age novel set in the whorl of the early 1960s, when the first cracks in an idealized American life were revealing themselves. Kate, a resourceful eleven-year old girl craves home and security. Her mother Ellie falls in love with a Beatnik and adopts his alternative lifestyle in an attempt to create a new family unit. Hilarious, poignant and sad, the characters explore alternatives to conventional relationships and identities as they travel to places that are deeply affected by Cold War events"--Back cover.