I SELDOM COMMENT on why a novel impacts me. My reviews are objective, and I keep the personal side to myself. I’m making an exception with Joseph Hirsch’s contemporary literature novel, Up in the Treehouse (September 2016). I grew up as a military brat until I was on my own at seventeen. When I was fourteen, … [ ... ]
Month: October 2016
From the Book Jacket… Johnny Cotter first met Charlie Milner when they were both children, attending Freeport Kindergarten. It was there that their friendship formed, and it was at Charlie’s house, in his backyard, and up in his treehouse, where the boys grew closer. But as childhood gives way to adolescence, Charlie finds himself the … [ ... ]