Tales of the Madman Underground : an historical romance 1973
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- ISBN: 9780670060818
- ISBN: 067006081X
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532 p. ; 22 cm. - Publisher: New York : Viking, 2009.
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Summary, etc.: | In September 1973, as the school year begins in his depressed Ohio town, high-school senior Kurt Shoemaker determines to be "normal," despite his chaotic home life with his volatile, alcoholic mother and the deep loyalty and affection he has for his friends in the therapy group dubbed the Madman Underground. |
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Subject: | Coming of age Fiction Emotional problems Fiction Friendship Fiction Alcoholism Fiction Mothers and sons Fiction High schools Fiction Schools Fiction Ohio History 20th century Fiction |
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Tales of the Madman Underground
Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of what he calls "the Madman Underground" - a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act - and be - Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has five after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.