· From childhood to adulthood, these guys struggle to do the right thing—searching the woods, gazing out at the lake, sifting the ashen sands—for a clue as to how to become the men they need to be. Schuitema’s Freshwater Boys is the literary equivalent of an early spring leap into the still icy waters of the bay: shocking, refreshing, www.doorway.ru: Freshwater Boys is a collection of sixteen short stories set in and around the Great Lakes of Michigan. The stories often focus on adolescent and pre-adolescent mates struggling to define and achieve what they consider manhood. At the same time, other stories . by. Adam Schuitema (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · ratings · 34 reviews. Freshwater Boys is a collection of eleven short stories set in and around the Great Lakes of Michigan, describing boys and men in struggles with both nature and themselves. The opening narratives feature adolescent or pre-adolescent boys struggling with their conceptions of manhood: making sense of an old hermit /5(34).
Freshwater Boys Adam Schuitema Delphinium Books ISBN ─ᴥ─ Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood. - Louise J. Kaplan. I grew up in a small blue-collar borough in Pennsylvania named Marcus Hook. Read "Freshwater Boys Stories" by Adam Schuitema available from Rakuten Kobo. "A wonderful, poignant collection of stories about men struggling to understand manhood." —Kirk Farber, author of Postca. Freshwater Boys is a collection of sixteen short stories set in and around the Great Lakes of Michigan. The stories often focus on adolescent and pre-adolescent mates struggling to define and achieve what they consider manhood. At the same time, other stories depict grown men grasping at this very same idea. Faith, loss, and landscape all figure prominently in the collection.
From childhood to adulthood, these guys struggle to do the right thing—searching the woods, gazing out at the lake, sifting the ashen sands—for a clue as to how to become the men they need to be. Schuitema’s Freshwater Boys is the literary equivalent of an early spring leap into the still icy waters of the bay: shocking, refreshing, cleansing. But Grand Rapids writer Adam Schuitema looked to the Great Lakes he grew up with, and the result is “Freshwater Boys,” a new story collection about boys and men finding their way, interacting. “ Michigan native Schuitema explores the lakeside life of his home state with deep enthusiasm in this debut collection, candidly recounting the passage through childhood, youth, and adulthood the stories contain numerous moments of memorable, tension-filled sensual descriptions.
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