Eli the Good Author:Silas House Girls line up on lawn chairs in pursuit of the perfect tan. Bob Seger growls from a transistor radio. And bicentennial fireworks blaze across the sky. Yet for nature-loving Eli Book, the summer that should have been carefree and the best of times is filled with terrible secrets. His beautiful but distant mother is caught between his father, a tr... more »aumatized war veteran, and his aunt, a former war protestor who has come to live with them. His beloved but wild older sister is struggling with her own painful discoveries. And his best friend, Edie, the only person with whom he can still be himself, turns inward when her parents split up. Surrounded by those he loves, watching from the sidelines while they begin to tear themselves and one another apart. Eli becomes swept up in the current of conflict and takes his first courageous steps toward truth-telling and adulthood.
From critically acclaimed author Silas House comes a tender and timeless American novel about the terrible costs of war and the redemptive power of a young heart that cannot be broken. « less
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Although it it was marketed for the young adult reader, I really connected with Eli, and Silas House really nailed the spirit of the era (1976). This book is a keeper.