The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman
Robinson, Bruce
Meet thirteen-year-old Thomas Penman.Growing up in a bizarre household of eccentrics, including a mother and father who wage silent war against each other, Thomas finds his first year as a teenager filled with ecstasy and misery. He downs his first drink, smokes his first cigarette, pursues the beautiful Gwendolin Hackett -- all while forming a special bond with his beloved, ailing Grandpa Walter, a World War II veteran prone to dark habits. A...