The Coalwood Way |
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Author:
| Hickam, Homer H. |
Read by:
| Lansbury, David |
ISBN: | 978-0-553-52762-9 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2000 |
Publisher: | Random House Audio Publishing Group
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Book Format: | Audio cassette |
List Price: | USD $25.95 |
Book Description:
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Homer Hickam takes readers back to his West Virginia hometown of Coalwood at a moment when its unique way of life is buffeted by forces of time and change -- a season filled with endings, beginnings and bittersweet memories.It's fall, 1959, and Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, gaining more community support and renown with each new launch. But in a season traditionally marked by celebrations of the spirit, Coalwood finds itself...
More DescriptionHomer Hickam takes readers back to his West Virginia hometown of Coalwood at a moment when its unique way of life is buffeted by forces of time and change -- a season filled with endings, beginnings and bittersweet memories.It's fall, 1959, and Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, gaining more community support and renown with each new launch. But in a season traditionally marked by celebrations of the spirit, Coalwood finds itself at a painful crossroads.The strains can be felt within the Hickam home, where a beleaguered Homer Sr. is resorting to dangerous measures to save the mine that is the town's lifeblood, and Sonny's mother Elsie is feeling increasingly isolated from both her family and the townspeople. And despite his rocket success, and a blossoming relationship with a local girl whose dreams are as big as his, Sonny is haunted by memories of his grandfather's death the previous Christmas, and finds his mood darkened by an unexplainable sadness.Eager to restore the town's spirits and make her son's final holiday season at home a memorable one, Elsie elicits Sonny and the Rocket Boys' aid in making Coalwood's annual Christmas Pageant the best ever. But trouble at the mine and the arrival of a beautiful young outsider threaten to tear the community apart when it most needs to come together. And when disaster strikes at home, and Elsie's beloved pet squirrel Chipper escapes under his watch,