The Fields
Subtitle: a Novel
By: Maher, Kevin
Contributors: 3M Company
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780316249027; 9780316223553
Subjects: Literary; Teenage boys; Families; Fiction
Description: A warm and funny debut about a young man in trouble and a family in love and in pieces. Over the summer, Jim wins the attention of a beautiful older girl-but he also becomes the unwilling target of a devious religious figure in the community. His life starts to unravel as he faces consequences from both his love for his girlfriend and his attempts to avoid the Parish Priest. When he and his girlfriend take a ferry for a clandestine trip to London, the dark and difficult repercussions from the trip force Jim to look for the solution to all his problems in some very unusual places. THE FIELDS is an unforgettable story of an extraordinary character. It's a portrait of a boy who sinks into troubles as he grows into a man, and the loving but fractured family that might be his downfall-or his salvation. Lyrical, funny, and endlessly inventive, it is a brilliant debut from a remarkable new voice.
Notes: Electronic book.