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Gr 6-10 Townsend continues to make outstanding contributions to young adult literature with this story of Alan Dollis' seventeenth year. Depressed by his parents' frequent quarrels, frustrated by his unfulfilled sexual desires, and apprehensive about entering a new school, Alan is listless and unhappy. His father impulsively uses an unexpected financial windfall to purchase a dilapidated boathouse, which Alan restores. He becomes hopelessly infatuated with Vivien, his beautiful 23-year-o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More