Bay Boy Stories of a Childhood in Point Clear, Alabama【電子書籍】[ Watt Key ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A charming, humorous, and colorful coming-of-age memoir＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Bay Boy＜/em＞ is a collection of essays by award-winning young adult author Watt Key, chronicling his boyhood in Point Clear, Alabama. During his childhood, Point Clear was not the tony enclave of today with its spas, art galleries, and multimillion dollar waterfront properties. Rather, it was a sleepy resort community, practically deserted in the winter, with a considerable population of working-class residents.＜br /＞ As Key notes in his introduction, “Life in Point Clear is really about being outside. . . . I have never found a place so perfectly suited to exercise a young boy’s imagination.” Key and his brother filled their days collecting driftwood to make forts, scooting around the bay in a sturdy Stauter boat, and making art and writing stories when it rained.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In a tone that is simple and direct, punctuated by truly hilarious moments. Key writes about Gulf Coast traditions including Mardi．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る