Dairy Queen Days Author:Robert Inman Brimming with the mystery, sadness, and exquisite beauty of youth, Dairy Queen Days evokes a world that is alternately kind and cruel, tragic and comic, godless and divine -- and, finally, one in which a young man can gain a sense of who he is and where he needs to go. — The place: Moseley, Georgia. The time: the summer of 1979. As 16-year-old Tr... more »out Moseley moves to the small town that bears his family’s name and legacy, his mother is a patient in an Atlanta psychiatric facility and his father -- a 300-pound motorcycle-riding Methodist minister -- is delivering scandalous sermons comparing Jesus with Elvis and the Holy Ghost with his college football coach. As summer stretches toward an uncertain future, Trout faces the challenge of reconciling powerful ancestral traditions with his search for a sense of self. He finds refuge in a job at Dairy Queen and in Keats, the strong-willed, sharp-tongued girl who captures his heart. But when chaos breaks out, Trout must figure out how to save himself.« less
IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF SOUTHERN STORYTELLING, ROBERT INMAN WEAVES A RICH AND EVOCATIVE TALE OF A TEENAGE BOY'S STRUGGLE TO FORGE HIS OWN IDENTITY BENEATH THE SEARING GEORGIA SUMMER SUN.