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Sometimes We're Always Real Same-same First Printing edition
Mattox Roesch
Sometimes We're Always Real Same-same First Printing edition
Mattox Roesch
He?s in the middle of nowhere, Alaska, because his Eskimo mother has moved home, and Cesar, a seventeen-year-old former gang banger, is convinced that he?s just biding his time ‘til he can get back to LA. His charmingly offbeat cousin, Go-boy, is equally convinced that Cesar will stay. And so they set a wager. If Cesar is still in Unalakleet in a year, he has to get a copy of Go-boy?s Eskimo Jesus tattoo.
Go-boy, who recently dropped out of college, believes wholeheartedly that he is part of a Good World conspiracy. At first Cesar considers Go-boy half crazy, but over time in this village, with his father absent and his brother in jail for murder, Cesar begins to see the beauty and hope Go-boy represents. The choice.
This is a novel about a different Alaska than many of us have read about in the past, about a different kind of wilderness and survival. As Cesar (who later assumes his Eskimo name, Atausiq) becomes connected to the community and to Go-boy, the imprint he bears isn?t Go-boy?s tattoo but the indelible mark of Go-boy?s heart and philosophy, a philosophy of hope that emphasizes our similarities to one another as well as a shared sense of community, regardless of place. As Go-boy says to Cesar, “Sometimes we?re always real same-same.?
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 8, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9781932961874 |
Publishers | Unbridled Books |
Pages | 317 |
Dimensions | 152 × 23 × 229 mm · 458 g |
Language | English |
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