Wonders of the West

by Kate Braverman

Newly arrived at her brother's home in 1960s L.A., teenager Jordan Lerner struggles to deal with her brother's terminal illness, her mother's dalliances with a string of men, and a school where she is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449906566
• ISBN13: 9780449906569
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Poor on the outside, privledged on the inside

Anyone who grew up poor on the outside, but privledged on the inside will appreciate this book. Jordan is having a wreck of a childhood no thanks to star-struck LA adults, her father's cancer, vapid neighborhood children, her McCarthy minded guidance counselor, and her mother's relentless insecurities. As a result, she cultivates a righteous arrogance that will give courage to anyone under the age of twenty. While 60s flower-power culture doesn't seem like it would have been my chosen escape from the insanity, I can understand how the amazing cultural power of youth at the time set up an inevitable backlash on the youth of today. This is my favorite Braverman book - the most potent, the most troubling. There is a reason that this book is out of print!!