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A Day in God's Country
A Shore Story
George Kotarides, Jr.
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Price: $15.95
Paperback | 184 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9791101-5-3 |
Summary
Description:
A Day in God's Country is set in a seaside tourist mecca abutted by multimillion dollar mansions. Three fourteen-year-old boys, schoolmates from dissimilar and dysfunctional backgrounds, surf the same resort beach and embark on adventures that thrust them onto the world stage. It all begins with the dream of a late-blooming high school boy named Francis, a dream any of us might have - if we liked to surf storm-driven waves and loved a girl named Summer."
Synopsis:
"A Day in God's Country is a heroic journey in which reality teams with fiction and a dose of the supernatural, making the reader wonder, 'Could this happen?' The story begins in a once sleepy East Coast surf town, where calm waters, rolling dunes, and deluxe hotels belie the personal struggles of residents and visitors. Social ills, familial discord, religious misunderstanding, greed, and war suffuse the tale, touching each character differently. Surfing is the common bond. Kids become deviant, introspective, or religious. And, finally, the disenchanted become suicidal, even murderous."
Relevance:
"In A Day in God's Country, author George Kotarides conveys the pain of being a late-bloomer and the precariousness of adolescence through the shocking adventures of three surfers. Throughout the tale, the lost soul of the East Coast locale is vividly depicted. The relevance of A Day in God's Country is its raw portrayal of contemporary teen struggle in today's broken world."
 About the Author
George Kotarides graduated from the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business of the Universtity of Richmond. Mr. Kotarides is a successful restauranteur in Virginia Beach, where he is a leader in civic organizations.
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