One way or another1986

This volume contains 14 stories about young adults with emotion-laden experiences -- a generation that has warily come of age -- precocious maturity has left them vulnerable, unprepared and unequipped for warding off the pains that seem to be their legacy. The safe havens they have learnt to rely on--families, homes, lovers, marriage--no longer offer shelter. "Memorial Day" is about a teenage boy who refuses to talk when his mother abandons her marriage to take up with a younger man. In "Homework," the death of a family dog leads a youngster to the equations of algebra to find the solutions for his unhappiness. In "Fast Forward," two friends pretend to be engaged to please a dying mother. Other protagonists are involved with lovers both straight and gay, with needy parents and...