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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Northern Lights is the Story of Shane, a boy who had recently lost his father, thrown out by his uncle, and searching for his long-gone mother. He arrives in Holm, Minnesota the last place he received a letter from his mother. She is gone, and no one has much to say about her. He meets new friends resigned to live in Holm. Holm has been dying for a while. Walmart moved to the fringes of town and destroyed downtown. It seems the only people with money are the drug dealers. Shane himself is androgynous looking fluid in his sexuality; what there is of it. The story is a dark and depressing look at northern cities, once manufacturing centers, now crumbling and abandoned. The novel covers most young adult issues from pregnancy, drugs, bullying, sexuality, and the promise of a bleak future. The book will be more of interest to younger and millennial readers as it captures their era and issues. ( ) In Holm, Minnesota the water tower proclaims “Holm Sucks” while throughout the town and on the sides of railway cars, a different message more quietly expresses, “HOPE.” By novel’s end only one declaration remains. Shane Stephenson’s father is dead, his uncle’s kicked him out, and before he enters the University of Minnesota in the fall, he’s dedicated his last free summer to finding his mother who abandoned him years ago. Holm is the last address he has for her and it’s why he now finds himself in this sad little Minnesota town. Of course, she’s long gone and he’s left searching for answers. Raymond Strom has peopled his novel with all of the stereotypes we’ve come to associate with small Midwestern towns, a flourishing drug trade, young adults who appear to have little or no future (and one who wants to escape as soon as she can), a kindly sheriff, a villain with a truck (Sven Svenson is a great name for a northern Minnesota youth), homophobes, and at least one older woman who’s addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol. Shane is the androgynous and conflicted hero, who, at times, I personally wished would just give up and get out of Dodge (Holm), but then there would have been no story. Northern Lights is not a bad book. It held my interest and at no time did I want to give up on it and reach for another book. I just didn’t feel that much for any of the characters and pretty much guessed how it would end. Review copy provided by Net Gallery aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"A stunning debut novel set in the late 1990s as an androgynous youth arrives in small-town Minnesota, searching for the mother who abandoned him as a child. On a clear morning in the summer of 1997, Shane Stephenson arrives in Holm, Minnesota, with only a few changes of clothes, an old Nintendo, and a few dollars to his name. Reeling from the death of his father, Shane wants to find the mother who abandoned him as an adolescent--hoping to reconnect, but also to better understand himself. Against the backdrop of Minnesota's rugged wilderness, and a town littered with shuttered shops, graffiti, and crumbling infrastructure, Holm feels wild and dangerous. Holm's residents, too, are wary of outsiders, and Shane's long blonde hair and androgynous looks draw attention from a violent and bigoted contingent in town, including the unhinged Sven Svenson. He is drawn in by a group of sympathetic friends in their teens and early twenties, all similarly lost and frequent drug users: the reckless, charming J and his girlfriend Mary; Jenny, a brilliant and beautiful artist who dreams of escaping Holm; and the mysterious loner Russell, with whom Shane, against his better judgment, feels a strange attraction. As Sven's threats of violence escalate, Shane is forced to choose between his search for his mother, the first true friendships he's ever had, and a desire to leave both his past and present behind entirely. At its core, Northern Lights is the story of a son searching for his mother, and for a connection with her, dealing with issues of abandonment and forgiveness. But it also addresses the complications, tensions, and dysfunction that can exist in those relationships, presenting an unforgettable world and experience often overlooked, with a new kind of hero to admire"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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