Lawnboy Author:Paul Lisicky The adventure of seventeen-year-old Evan's life begins with mowing a neighbor's lawn, an ordinary chore that launches him into a world of desire, confusion, and betrayal. — Rejected by his parents, struggling to make contact with a brother he barely knows, he learns the nature of exile in the urban, artificial world of South Florida--a la... more »ndscape which is, like this young man's imagination, both lush and troubling.
Lawnboy is a book about the possibility of finding love--finding a set of sustainable relations--finding self--in a world of broken relationships and decaying motels, failed housing developments sinking back into the swamps. Evan's spirit and willingness to be educated by difficulty lead him toward an affirmation of possibility, even in the darkest of times.« less