Preston Nesbitt is a 16-year-old "memory prodigy," with a rare form of Asperger's Syndrome, confined to a Portland, Oregon mental hospital for refusing to admit his participation in a viral YouTube video--showing him being struck by a car that appears to pass through him. Written in the form of a journal assigned by his therapist, he entitles, "Quips & Quotes From The Queerling," Preston sees himself as both a misunderstood 21st-century Holden Caulfield and the imprisoned protagonist of Gunter Grass's classic ("The Tin Drum"), Oskar Matzerath, who refused to grow up in an insane world. A...
Preston Nesbitt is a 16-year-old "memory prodigy," with a rare form of Asperger's Syndrome, confined to a Portland, Oregon mental hospital for refusin...
Miss Madeira is the story of an "Old Maid" schoolteacher in the first half of the 20th century. No one knew the shocking secrets of her home life-only that she was a brilliant but formidable teacher, who produced several generations of students forever known as "Madeira's Kids." Torn between her love for a woman who would later became her sister-in-law and a former student, Amelia Madeira lived a complex life, the pain of which informed but did not destroy her astonishing career. Miss Madeira reveals what lies beneath the facade of a typical Midwestern town."
Miss Madeira is the story of an "Old Maid" schoolteacher in the first half of the 20th century. No one knew the shocking secrets of her home life-only...
