I found this book on Overdrive and thought it looked interesting. I was amazed to start reading and discovered that Eric Poole lived in North County and is a graduate of Hazelwood Central High. This is a memoir of his younger years...a time when he considered magic a possible solution to his problems of alienation and mother with some severe OCD about cleaning house. He and his sister stuck together as kids and managed to survive 36 hours of a planned week-long camping trip with Aunt Jinny. Communing with nature was NOT in their nature. The stories of school bullies and abuse seem very familiar and the family dynamic is priceless.
This is a funny account of growing up and not exactly fitting in.
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