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In this lively coming-of-age novel, young Danny Meyer lays bare a
landscape of illness and despair but emerges triumphant, with a new
awareness of the limitations of security and the lessons of
eternity. Danny's bubble-like existence in paradisal Madison is
broken when his father, a concert pianist and professor, is
stricken with illness and must give up his professorship. The
family is forced to move to Milwaukee to live at the brink of
poverty while his father gets sicker, his artistic mother struggles
as bread-winner, and his brother becomes delusional. Here, Danny
finds himself in the uncertain position of having to accept the
responsibilities of manhood while still struggling with
adolescence. In a world that keeps shifting, Danny befriends the
son of a gangster and, through his brushes with that compelling
world of crime, finds his way to a new confidence. Realistically
portrayed, A Friend of Kissinger captures an authentic sense of
place that is one part arty, heartland Main Street and one part
shady, small-time gangsterland.
Thirteen-year-old Danny Meyer's charmed life in Madison comes to an
abrupt end when his concert pianist father falls ill and must give
up his professorship. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee and
live on the edge of poverty as his father's health worsens.
Struggling with the change, Danny befriends the son of a gangster.
Through brushes with a thrilling world of crime, he soon finds his
way to a new confidence. A Friend of Kissinger captures a
sentimental and authentic sense of place in a midwestern rust belt
city, following a young man learning to make sense of the world
around him.
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