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Anglický jazyk
You Did Okay
Autor: T. F. Platt
You Did Okay is fiction set into real history. The story was written in honor of the author's grandfather, Clarence Groner, and the author's mother, Edith Marie Groner Platt. The geography used in the books is similar to that of the community in Michigan... Viac o knihe
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You Did Okay is fiction set into real history. The story was written in honor of the author's grandfather, Clarence Groner, and the author's mother, Edith Marie Groner Platt. The geography used in the books is similar to that of the community in Michigan where Clarence Groner and Edith Marie Groner Platt and T. F. Platt, and others of the Groner and Platt families, resided through much of their lives. In real life Clarence and Edith for a time lived on a road called Jericho Road and Clarence worked briefly in a paper mill nearby. The timeframe for the story is 1948 through 1952, and features characters in their teens.
One of the fictional characters depicts the trial and times of author T. F. Platt and much of what happens to him in the story is real. Romance is both exciting and troublesome for the teens as they dive head on into high school life. Part time jobs help to support dating and work as the nation begins importation of foreign oil. The youngsters also join their parents in coping with a young girl who is mysteriously, and repeatedly, maimed; working desperately to resolve her dilemma. The Korean War grimily awaits each young man as he emerges from formal school ready to partake adulthood.
You Did Okay is the eighth of the Jericho Books by T. F. Platt. The Jericho stories are intended for adults and young adults. The tales do not include explicit sex and they omit profanity.
- Vydavateľstvo: AuthorHouse
- Rok vydania: 2009
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9781438909264
