The summer of 1976 should have been the best of times for nature-loving
Eli Book, but instead it is filled with terrible changes. His sister
begins to hate her country. His beautiful but distant mother is caught
between his traumatized Vietnam War vet father and his former antiwar
protester aunt, who has come to live with them. And the only person with
whom he can be himself, his best friend, Edie, begins to turn inward
when her parents split up. Watching from the sidelines while his world
falls apart, Eli must take his first courageous steps toward
truth-telling and adulthood.
"Eli the Good is this generation's To Kill A Mockingbird." --Pamela
Duncan, author of Moon Women
"Destined to become a classic." --Goodreads
"As in any good southern novel, it's the well-drawn characters and rich
setting that make this a memorable story." --Kirkus Reviews