Bibliograph

Can you see the wind?, a novel, Beverly Gologorsky

Type

Label

Can you see the wind?, a novel, Beverly Gologorsky

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Can you see the wind?

Oclc number

1237806706

Responsibility statement

Beverly Gologorsky

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"Change rarely comes easily or without a fight. In her much-anticipated fourth novel Beverly Gologorsky takes a close, loving look at the members of a working-class family in the Bronx, each in their own way struggling for a better world. At the heart of the story is Josie, a young woman whose fraught relationship with her family is further stretched by her commitment to anti-Vietnam War activities and her deepening relationship with a rising star in the Black Panther Party. Her brother Johnny is a police officer, rough and judgmental. Closest in age to Josie is sweet Richie, who, inexplicably to her, has just become an enlisted soldier. Her sister Celia is pulled toward activism in the women's fight for equality, but paralyzed by fear for her eldest son who may or may not have blown up an enlistment center. Their lives intertwine through acts of violence, loyalty, and, above all, the bonds of family love and loss. One thing is certain--that in the long run of life, change is inevitable"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification