Young Jackie Riddick's journey is haunted by the premature death
of his father, the horrific abuse by his stepfather in Baltimore,
and a harrowing escape to a small New Jersey town. Jackie is a
promising athlete striving for hard-earned recognition. Like so
many fatherless boys, his search for identity, knowledge, and
acceptance is hindered by the absence of a positive role model.
As Jackie develops into an outstanding athlete, his popularity
soars-but he becomes confused as he begins the transition to
manhood. He desperately seeks the life skills essential to his
quest, finding a mentor in his baseball coach, Osa Martin, a former
star in the Negro Leagues. Coach Martin recognizes the great
potential in his gifted athlete but also understands the turbulence
and unrest causing problems in Jackie's life. Jackie survives the
turmoil of teenage life and the loss of his idol Buddy Holly, but
adulthood brings a series of unexpected defeats and sorrows,
overriding and crushing his youthful pleasures and joyfulness.
From the hardscrabble hills of Appalachia to the inner cities of
the northeast, Magic and Loss captures the changing times in
America in the latter half of the twentieth century, depicting the
social, economic, and political turbulence through the lives of one
family struggling against overwhelming odds. Author John David
Wells crafts an absorbing coming-of-age novel that portrays the
spirit, innocence, and magic of an American generation growing up
in the 1950s.
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