Description:
A debut coming-of-age novel capturing the hope and rage of the 1960s.
Brief description: Ellen Halter has a PhD in rhetoric and composition from Wayne State University and has taught composition to freshmen there and at University of Toledo. She's spent the last twenty years focusing on her own writing, both fiction and poetry. She lives in the midwest with her husband.
Review Quotes:
"Set in 1960s New York City, Ellen Halter's compelling and beautifully written coming-of-age story follows a young girl as she navigates the rise of feminism, gay rights, and anti-war protests. Unsettlingly timely, it mirrors the questions we are still asking today about justice, identity, and the courage to speak out. Five stars for this timely and resonant novel."
-Kim Fairley, author of Swimming for My Life and Shooting Out the Lights
"Ellen Halter's beautifully written coming-of-age novel brings 1960s New York City vividly to life. Through the eyes of a young girl, the beginnings of feminism, gay liberation, and the Civil Rights and anti-war movements become immediate, intimate, and real. This resonant novel echoes the questions we are still asking today about justice and the freedom to be who we want to become."
-Karen L. Simpson, author of Act of Grace