Coming of age during the 1950s in the heart of an eccentric family, thirteen-year-old Thomas Penman celebrates such milestones as his first cigarette and considers his relationship with his veteran grandfather and the opposite sex.
Coming of age during the 1950s in the heart of an eccentric family, thirteen-year-old Thomas Penman celebrates such milestones as his first cigarette and considers his relationship with his veteran grandfather and the opposite sex. A first novel. 10,000 first printing.
Meet thirteen-year-old Thomas Penman. Growing up in a household of eccentrics, including parents who wage a silent war against each other, Thomas downs his first drink, smokes his first cigarette, and pursues the beautiful Gwendolin Hackett. All the while, he forms a special bond with his ailing Grandpa Walker, a World War II veteran prone to dark habits. Thomas undertakes a quest to locate his grandfather's legendary pornography collection, leading him to uncover secrets about the family that will change him irrevocably. The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman is a hilarious, engaging, and touching debut novel, an unforgettable tale of one teen's coming of age.
