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Twelve-year-old David Hayden learns terrible secrets about his family during the summer of 1948, and as the secrets come to light and are dealt with, he comes to see the people in his family in new ways.
This is a powerful coming-of-age story set in Montana in the postwar period. We see people rise to do the right thing; we see people fall, doing the wrong thing. And whether people do the right or the wrong thing, we see how difficult it is to make a decision at all, and we see the consequences o ...more
This is a powerful coming-of-age story set in Montana in the postwar period. We see people rise to do the right thing; we see people fall, doing the wrong thing. And whether people do the right or the wrong thing, we see how difficult it is to make a decision at all, and we see the consequences o ...more
I went into this book with no expectations, but I finished this book in just a couple of hours, because it was so good. David Hayden, the main character, is recounting the events that happened within his family during the summer of 1948. He is twelve at the time, and they will change his life forever.
Montana 1948 was written by Larry Watson. Larry Watson was born and raised in North Dakota. We later moved to Wisconsin to become and English professor. We has written seven books and has taught at several conferences around the world. Montana 1948 is about a young boy, David, who lives in the town of Bentrock, Montana. He finds out that his uncle is raping and molesting women on the Indian Reservation. David and his family have to struggle with right and wrong to decide how, and if to take acti
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Although this is a short book, it is beautifully written and packs a punch. Told from the perspective of a man looking back on one summer of his young life it captures life in a small town, complicated family issues, racism and abuse. As we are finally acknowledging the abuses heaped upon indigenous people, Montana 1948 peels back the cover on what was/is probably a not too uncommon occurrence.
