Uncertain Ground

By Carolyn Osborn and Cleo Qian

Book Overview

Set in 1953, this novel follows 21-year-old Celia Henderson during a month of uncertainty in her life. Visiting Galveston, Texas, a barrier island with its own history of instability and survival, Celia faces a series of conflicts--between a lawless Galveston and a hypocritical, "moral" mainland; between the Old South and the Old West; and between homosexuals and those prejudiced against them. Celia, who narrates her story 30 years after the fact, must also cope with a sexual double standard inherent in her attraction to an unhappy law student. As she interacts with her irrepressible cowboy cousin Emmett Chandler and a Mexican American artist, Louis Platon, Celia grows to accept her own fears and understand others and life's continual uncertainties. While Celia personifies the innocence of the 1950s--seldom as innocent as portrayed--this tale offers an inside look at continual social problems in the U.S.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091672767X
• ISBN13: 9780916727673
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Wings Press (TX)
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

My Kind of Folks

I know these people. They are mine. So are the terrible hot summers, warm salty gulf waters, hot sand, and warm people, so well told.