Summer Rain

Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age
Cover of the book Summer Rain by Jon Konrath, Jon Konrath
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jon Konrath ISBN: 9781476162270
Publisher: Jon Konrath Publication: April 20, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Jon Konrath
ISBN: 9781476162270
Publisher: Jon Konrath
Publication: April 20, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

John Conner has lost his girlfriend, his job, a scholarship, and has been kicked out of college. Instead of retreating back to his parents’ basement and a life of mediocrity and factory labor, he decides to stay the summer in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana. On the lazy Indiana University campus, Conner explores the worlds of death metal, zines, no-budget radio, and slackerdom while trying to learn about women, deal with depression, and get his life back on course. While he works telemarketing jobs and hawks glowsticks as a street vendor in order to survive, he learns who his friends are in the strange mix of people left at the college for the summer. The atmospheric and descriptive narration weaves the hidden beauty of the Midwest and the crossroads of the early Nineties into a timeless story of the follies of youth. Conner’s ramblings through the desolation of an empty campus parallel the meaningless jobs he must take to scrape by while he decides whether to remain sequestered in the relative comfort of college living or leap into an unstable world fueled only by his own creativity.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

John Conner has lost his girlfriend, his job, a scholarship, and has been kicked out of college. Instead of retreating back to his parents’ basement and a life of mediocrity and factory labor, he decides to stay the summer in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana. On the lazy Indiana University campus, Conner explores the worlds of death metal, zines, no-budget radio, and slackerdom while trying to learn about women, deal with depression, and get his life back on course. While he works telemarketing jobs and hawks glowsticks as a street vendor in order to survive, he learns who his friends are in the strange mix of people left at the college for the summer. The atmospheric and descriptive narration weaves the hidden beauty of the Midwest and the crossroads of the early Nineties into a timeless story of the follies of youth. Conner’s ramblings through the desolation of an empty campus parallel the meaningless jobs he must take to scrape by while he decides whether to remain sequestered in the relative comfort of college living or leap into an unstable world fueled only by his own creativity.

More books from Coming of Age

Cover of the book No Kissing Allowed by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Jealousy Monsters by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Angels of Mercy: Diary of a Quarterback - Part I: King of Imperfections by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book This Magnificent Desolation by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Rebel in de woestijn by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Those Dog Days by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book O Ateneu by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book The Wild Things by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Every Other Weekend by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Most Likely by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Vivian's Choice: An Expanded Scene from Orphan Train by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Into The River by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Oracles of an Ethiopian Coffeehouse by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Blood Bound by Jon Konrath
Cover of the book Cheery Red by Jon Konrath
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy