
End of Youth
The End of Youth is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth''s hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid. The adolescent narrator of "Description of a Struggle" finds that love can be brutal. "The Smokers" examines an adult''s realization that longevity means seeing loved ones die. Written with the same s...
The End of Youth is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth''s hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid. The adolescent narrator of "Description of a Struggle" finds that love can be brutal. "The Smokers" examines an adult''s realization that longevity means seeing loved ones die. Written with the same s...
