Eddie Steinberg, a boy growing up in 1950s Oregon, heads down to California with his parents on the Southern Pacific railroad, to see his beloved grandmother in Hollywood. This psychological study relies on dialogue and detail to dramatize Eddie's amazement at the world around him, tempered by a growing awareness of a more complex reality as he becomes an adult. KIRKUS REVIEWS calls the novel is "an evocative portrayal of a young boy passionately entranced by sunny California" in the post-War era "and on the brink of comprehending the complexities of human interactions... . The book is filled...
Eddie Steinberg, a boy growing up in 1950s Oregon, heads down to California with his parents on the Southern Pacific railroad, to see his beloved gran...
