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Venice Beach (PB) (2021)

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It's 1968. A thirteen-year-old loner flees his abusive father and alcoholic mother for the lure of sunny California. He barely survives alone on the streets of Los Angeles, conversing with the ghost of his beloved dog and trying to avoid the police, until a fateful encounter leads him to the bohemian community of Venice Beach, known at the time as the "Slum-by-the-Sea." He renames himself Moon, symbolizing his quest for something that will shine light on him, just as the sun illumines the moon.


Over the next two years he struggles with first loves, confusion over his sexual identity, painful rejections, drug use, and haunting flashbacks from his childhood. As cultural upheaval over the Vietnam War rages, Moon assembles a new family of his own making, only to make a shocking and unexpected discovery that upends who he thought he was.


Venice Beach is a moving tale of the resilience of youth and the importance of reflecting on our stories.


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Author:
William Mark Habeeb
ISBN 10:
1578690617
Pages:
254
Publisher:
Rootstock Publishing
Publication Date:
August 17, 2021
Binding:
Paperback
Weight:
0.83lbs

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