{"product_id":"season-of-water-and-ice-paperback-softback-9780875806280","title":"Season of Water and Ice (Paperback \/ softback) 9780875806280","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSeason of Water and Ice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald Lystra (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780875806280\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeason of Water and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e has a heart big enough to be gentle and unflinching, a masterly story powered by a young narrator uniquely wise and blinded. Read this wonderful book, fall into it, and it will change you.\u003c\/p\u003e - Nick Arvin, author of \u003ci\u003eArticles of War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eA poignant coming-of-age story told in vivid language evoking both the time period and the particular Northern Michigan setting.\u003c\/p\u003e - Shaun Manning, founding editor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Glasgow to Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e, a literary e-magazine \u003cp\u003eLet's not mistake \u003ci\u003eSeason of Water and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e for a typical coming-of-age novel. Its voice is too rich, its pacing too measured and elegant, its ending too richly sad. Donald Lystra has written a fierce and tender debut novel about the unreliability of love.\u003c\/p\u003e - John Dalton, author of \u003ci\u003eHeaven Lake\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe prose style is plain, clear, and even Hemingwayesque. \u003ci\u003eSeason of Water and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e is a northwoods odyssey into manhood that is timeless and true.\u003c\/p\u003e - John H. Smolens, Northern Michigan University \u003cp\u003e[A] soulful debut novel. The story effectively captures the uncertainty of adolescence, and Lystra's graceful prose is evolcative of place and time. A rich and satisfying read.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1957 in rural northern Michigan, \u003ci\u003eSeason of Water and Ice\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a pivotal few months in the life of young teen Danny DeWitt, who lives alone with his father following the sudden departure of his mother. Bookish and relatively friendless, Danny becomes acquainted with Amber, a pregnant teenager abandoned by her boyfriend and rejected by her family. Both outsiders—one because of disposition, the other because of social stigma—Danny and Amber form an unusual, openhearted alliance that helps each deal with their separate challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheir friendship is tested when Amber's abusive boyfriend returns and Danny's mother withdraws more permanently from her family, leading eventually to a crisis that threatens Amber and her unborn child, as well as Danny's concept of love and manhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDanny struggles to understand himself and the confusing and, at times, frightening world in which he lives. His analytically oriented mind attempts to make sense of the rigid stereotypes of the 1950s, revealing startling truths about the abiding issues of love and family and the dangers to which these ideals are continually exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDanny straddles the uncertain gap between childhood and adulthood in this novel that is underscored by themes of independence and obligation, love and sexuality, courage and surrender. This realistic work will appeal to both adult and young adult readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584758837528,"sku":"9780875806280","price":11.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/season-of-water-and-ice-paperback-softback-9780875806280","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}