Don't Be Afraid

Hayward's darkly comic novel of adolescent anxiety reveals an unforgettable family caught in a state of mourning.Meet Jim Morrison--not the lead singer of the Doors who died a rock 'n' roll death in 1971, but a chubby seventeen-year-old living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who was born days after the singer's death. Jim, or Jimmy, as most people call him, has been living a largely invisible life, overshadowed by his older brother, Mike, popular and...

By Steven Hayward
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage Canada (February 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0676977375
ISBN-13: 978-0676977370
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.9 x 7.9 inches
Amazon Rank: 5093146
Format: PDF ePub TXT ebook

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Good read. The characters are recognizable though caricatured for emphasis and humor, which balances the heavier themes of loss and our choosing how to cope and live with these losses. I think the idea is to not be afraid to live on; the emptiness

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