Title: Growing Up
Product review: This short book tells the story of a young man, Paul Matthew Taylor, whose drive to find God at the age of 17 blinds him to what a year later he realizes is the most important thing in life, namely, love. The crisis generated by his determination to force God upon his first girl friend, Julie, leads him to discover Seattle, alcohol, drugs, sex, a girl who wears a nose ring and boys who wear earrings. His earlier, secluded life, as an only child living in a Northwestern Washington town, dominated by the presence of the sea (seething ocean) and the beauty of nature (that damned eagle), seems to have left him poorly prepared for his new life. But slowly and resolutely, with a determination that reflects an inner strength that he probably is unaware of himself, he emerges a more mature and sensible human being. I found his transformation to be believable and a good read. A book to be recommended.
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