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Gifted musician? Standout university student? All his professors are sure certain that Evan Galloway can be the graduate who brings glory to small, regular St. Sebastian's College. For Evan, however, he can not be bothered anymore. Since the impact of his young father's suicide previous spring, Evan no longer cares about the near future. In fact, he feels that he spent the first fifteen many years of his life living a rest. Despite his mother's encouragement and the steadfast companionship of his best ally, Alexis, Evan is mired in rage and bitterness. Good thoughts appear ludicrous when the present holds no trust. Then Evan's grandmother hands him the key--literally, a key--to a locked trunk that his father hid when he was the same era as Evan is currently. Digging in to the trunk and the small-town secrets it uncovers, Evan can begin to handle who his father really was, and why even the love of his son cannot save him.Within a tone that resonates with the authenticity of grief, Steven Parlato explains to a different kind of coming-of-age history, about a son thrust into adulthood too early, through the corridor of shame, disbelief, and finally...compassion.
