Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Mariner (2005), Edition: Reprint, 372 pages
Description
An extended family living in San Francisco faces the approaching breakdown of a troubled adolescent boy and the tribulations caused by the difficulties of gay parenthood.
Media reviews
D’Erasmo hints at the traditional elements and humors, and also creates a new set—Blood, Breath, Bone, and String. Each of the main sections of the book is named for one of these new elements, and each connects to a moment of terror, waste, or hope.
User reviews
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This is a solid second novel from Stacey D'Erasmo, chronicling a non-traditional family's experience of the breakdown and recovery of their teenage son's schizophrenia. Told from alternating points of view, A Seahorse Year has empathetic characterization, fluid writing, and an engaging plot. I wish
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there were more intelligently written novels about queer families like this book, though I must add that D'Erasmo's writing adeptly transcends the "lesbian novel" label. Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Winner — 2004)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — 2005)
Stonewall Book Award (Honor Book — Literature — 2005)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0618618872 / 9780618618873
UPC
046442618878