Bibliograph

Off the tracks, a beatnik family journey, Constance Hood

Type

Label

Off the tracks, a beatnik family journey, Constance Hood

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Off the tracks

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Constance Hood

Sub title

a beatnik family journey

Summary

Off The Tracks: A Beatnik Family Journey is a coming of age novel set in the whorl of the early 1960s, when the first cracks in an idealized American life were revealing themselves. Kate, a resourceful eleven-year old girl craves home and security. Her mother Ellie falls in love with a Beatnik and adopts his alternative lifestyle in an attempt to create a new family unit. Hilarious, poignant and sad, the characters explore alternatives to conventional relationships and identities as they travel to places that are deeply affected by Cold War events

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Beatnik family journey

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