A Novel in Stories. From the air raid drills in 1942 to the arrival of the Interstate in the mid 1950s, a boy Freddie Lemley, shows us the American experience through the prism of his small West Virginia town. As he faces the struggles to come of age in the post-war years, so his town struggles to adapt to the changes hover above it like UFO.
This is a wonderful coming-of-age book post WWII in a small town in Cabell County, WV. I great read no matter where you're from - but you'll especially love it if you're from WV!