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| Title | : | Dyed Souls |
| Author | : | Gary Santorella |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | March 28th 2018 by Matador |
| Categories | : | Download Books. Books |
Gary Santorella
Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 4.26 | 284 Users | 36 Reviews
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‘My mom leans back, smiles, and strokes my cheek. “That’s all right, Charlie. Never you mind. You just got soft living with your grandparents, is all. You forgot that most people don’t have it so easy—that you have to be tough to make it in this world.”’ Set in the 1980’s, Dyed Souls follows the life of 13-year-old Charlie; an intelligent, troubled teen, taken from his grandparents by his drug addicted mother, only to end up at Hawthorne Residential Treatment Village. There he ponders Darwin, Socrates, and Plato, and unexpectedly falls in love with a girl named Margo. When she breaks his heart, Charlie runs away, beginning a new journey that will leave him shattered before he finally makes it to Virginia. Back with his grandparents, the return of his mother forces him to learn a bitter truth that changes his life forever. Dyed Souls is a thought-provoking, gritty novel, that will appeal to fans of literary fiction and philosophical literature. A coming-of-age novel, it is suitable for both young adult and adult readers.
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Challenging.......Dyed Souls by Gary Santorella was not an easy book to read, because it takes us into a dark but real world most of us know very little about. 13-year-old Charlie has been taken from his drug-addicted mother and is now doing time at Hawthorne Residential Treatment Village, a reform school where they administer high-dosage injections of thorazine to keep the teens under control. Charlie is a bookworm, and spends as much time as possible with his nose in a book to escape his reality. We are privy
Dyed Souls is a coming of age story where the young hero is unfortunately too special for his own good. Charlie Lyle is an anomaly among his peers hes incredibly intelligent. Too intelligent. Hes out of place, different and weird. The rest of the kids at Hawthorne Residential Treatment Village are focused on sexual attraction, the inconsequential and the vulgar - normal teen stuff but Charlie is focused on something more important, at least for him (he still cant help but gawk at the girls,
Charlie is a good boy who struggles to remain so after the bad things that have happened to him. He hasnt had the easiest life, and sadly, his mom is at the head of his torment. The one woman who is supposed to love him more than anything in the world. This was a very hard book to read, in spite of the masterful writing but because as a mother its hard for me to read such things, yet Charlie persevered even after all the heartbreak, loss and disappointment he endures throughout the novel.Its
Twists and turns abound in Gary Santorella's book Dyed Souls. Yes, it is a coming of age story and yes it is indeed "gritty." It's packed with heartache and triumph along with all the other parts and pieces of life you learn along the way. I thought this book would be a quick read, and I suppose someone who's more disciplined with their reading time would still have made it through the text quickly, but I could not. Dyed Souls pulled at my heartstrings and stole my attention for a few days
This is a marvellously written story of a young man called Charlie.He had to go to the Hawthorne Residential Treatment Centre for troubled young people. Charlie is very intelligent and reads constantly, this makes him different amongst his peers.His drug addicted mother, tends to treat him badly as though she feels he is to blame somehow for her situation.but hes very close to his grandparents..This story tells of Charlies life at Hawthorne, there are many incidents, even Charlie fighting with
A coming-of-age story that will tug at your heartstrings!In 1981, thirteen-year-old Charlie Lyle has a hard-knock life- his mother is addicted to both drugs and cigarettes, he stuck at a reform halfway house for troubled teens without any friends, and his grandparents aren't allowed to see him. Reading Darwin, Socrates, and Plato is the only solace Charlie has to relieve the tedium at Hawthorne Residential Treatment Village, until Margo, The only person there who isnt cruel, falls in love with
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