In Tall Cotton

Sandwiched in the back seat of a Model A Ford, between his older brother and baby sister, Totsy Woods has, in a sense, seen it all - from a dusty Ozark farm to the golden cities of the California coast; from sun-parched Albuquerque to the bright lights and flooded streets of Phoenix. Yet even schoolyard games with other curious boys could never have prepared him for the passionate, perilous journey that unfolds.Longing to escape an atmosphere heavy with his father's growing restlessness and his mother's gradual withdrawal, Totsy loses himself in the secret thrill of experimentation with his peers. But everything changes when an unexpected encounter plunges him into an adult world more alien, more strangely exhilarating, than the ever-changing view beyound his window. Now, his forbidden stirrings - shrouded in layers of shame and guilt - force Totsy to face a difficult lesson about growing up, about love and trust, and about being a man . . . on his own terms.Hulse, Charles G. is the author of 'In Tall Cotton' with ISBN 9780758201218 and ISBN 0758201214.