Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn
Requirements: ePUB Reader, 1.8MB
Overview: Kirn’s novel tells the story of Justin Cobb, a Minnesota teenager whose family experiences a broad spectrum of dysfunction. Father Mike is a washed-up college football star with a militaristic and unemotional attitude inspired by his former coach. Mother Audrey, a kind-hearted nurse, is struggling to accept how her life has wound down. Younger brother Joel simply does everything he can to fit in and seem normal.
Amidst pressures to stop sucking his thumb, 14-year-old Justin turns to unorthodox New-Age dentist Perry Lyman who attempts to use hypnosis to remedy the problem with limited success: The thumb sucking disappears, but other problem habits arise to take its place. Justin starts behaving oddly, and his condition is ‘identified’ as attention deficit disorder by his school and he is consequently prescribed Ritalin. The drug appears to help the problem for a time, but this is merely a stop-gap whilst Justin’s (and indeed his family’s) real problems remain at large. When Justin gives up Ritalin he turns to drugs (pot), sex and religion to combat his problems.
A tender coming of age tale that touches on the raw emotions experienced during this time and the wider concepts of identity and existentialism.
Genre: Young Adult, General Fiction
Download Instructions:
http://gestyy.com/wLMUwx
MIRROR
http://gestyy.com/wLMUwT
