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Available
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Collection
Publication
Liveright (2018), Edition: 1st Edition, 416 pages
Description
Thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to dilapidated 1950s Marshfield, California where he is forced to fend for himself against a ring of malicious bullies.
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LibraryThing member villemezbrown
I really liked Stitches, so I've been looking forward to Small's follow-up. I intended to read just the first chapter or two in bed before turning in for the night but ended up losing over an hour of sleep as I powered through the whole damn thing. The book is thick, but Small uses a decompressed
A coming of age story, Home After Dark follows Russell as his parents divorce and his messed up father drags him from Ohio to California in what appears to be the 1950s. Overwhelmed by the apathy, bullying, racism, and homophobia of the community around him, Russell makes the mistakes typical for his age and this genre. Indeed, Small is not breaking new ground here with his story, but the way he tells it through images and words is simply mesmerizing.
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style of storytelling that keeps the pages turning and the reader immersed.A coming of age story, Home After Dark follows Russell as his parents divorce and his messed up father drags him from Ohio to California in what appears to be the 1950s. Overwhelmed by the apathy, bullying, racism, and homophobia of the community around him, Russell makes the mistakes typical for his age and this genre. Indeed, Small is not breaking new ground here with his story, but the way he tells it through images and words is simply mesmerizing.
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LibraryThing member mjspear
Russell's life is not easy. First, his mother runs off, then his father uproots him to California, where making friends and fitting in is difficult but the least of his problems. Russell prevails in the end but not until after many trying situations and relationships. This is a terrific look at
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what it means to be an adolescent boy: the uncertainties, the bravado, the casual cruelty, and occasional touch of friendship. The illustrations are inspired and add greatly to the storyline. Truly, a remarkable graphic novel. Show Less
LibraryThing member reader1009
graphic fiction (LGBTQA interest). Following his parents' separation, a boy spends his teenage years bouncing around various homes in California; beautifully-rendered illustrations provide appropriate depth to the story.
LibraryThing member TobinElliott
I read a couple of non-spoilery reviews of this prior to sitting down to read it, and had a couple of complaints floating around as I made my way through it.
The first was "nothing happens for the first 100 pages, all they do is move." True, very little happens but there is a lot set up. The
There's a genius of systematic narrowing of Russell's universe being done here, that plays quite heavily into the ending.
And then there's the complaint about the ending..."doesn't really end, it just stops." To which I can only respond...did you read the same book as the rest of us.
This book was a slow burn, but a well written one. And, at least for me, there's a lot of Russell in me.
The first was "nothing happens for the first 100 pages, all they do is move." True, very little happens but there is a lot set up. The
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abandonment of Russell's mother, and the fact that he's uprooted from everything he knows.There's a genius of systematic narrowing of Russell's universe being done here, that plays quite heavily into the ending.
And then there's the complaint about the ending..."doesn't really end, it just stops." To which I can only respond...did you read the same book as the rest of us.
This book was a slow burn, but a well written one. And, at least for me, there's a lot of Russell in me.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2018
Physical description
416 p.; 9.3 inches
ISBN
0871403153 / 9780871403155