A Summer Life - (Laurel-Leaf Books) by Gary Soto (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Originally published: [Hanover, NH]: University Press of New England, 1990.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Gary Soto writes that when he was five -what I knew best was at ground level.- In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, resreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, and textures he knew growing up in his Fresno, California, neighborhood. The -things- of his boyhood tie it all together: his Buddha -splotched with gold,- the taps of his shoes and the -engines of sparks that lived beneath my soles,- his worn tennies smelling of -summer grass, asphalt, the moist sock breathing the defeat of basesall.- The child's world is made up of small things--small, very important things.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Deceptively simplistic and quietly powerful sketches from a gifted poet and storyteller."<i>--Booklist <p/></i>"Soto the realist does not neglect his boyhood mischief, and his sly sense of humor is exercised throughout."<i>--Publishers Weekly</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gary Soto has written six poetry collections, prose recollections, and several books of essays. His first young adult short story collection, <i> Baseball in April and Other Stories, </i> has been one of the most widely discussed and reviewed books of 1990. He is Associate Professor of Chicano Studies and English at the University of California, Berkeley.
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