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CAMELLIA SEASON A Novel - by Natasha Peterson (Paperback)
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Highlights
- SYNOPSIS: Set in New Orleans, CAMELLIA SEASON is a laughter and tears, coming-of-age story about Cherie, who longs to escape the clutches of her crazy French mother.
- Author(s): Natasha Peterson
- 288 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Coming of Age
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About the Book
CAMELLIA SEASON is a laughter and tears, coming-of-age story about Cherie and her friends. Set in New Orleans in the 1960's, the teens lean on each other as they grow up amid the glorious magic and dangerous mayhem of the city streets.
Book Synopsis
SYNOPSIS: Set in New Orleans, CAMELLIA SEASON is a laughter and tears, coming-of-age story about Cherie, who longs to escape the clutches of her crazy French mother. Cherie's touchstone is her Wordless Diary, coded with illustrated numbers only she can understand. Beginning in 1965, we follow Cherie and her friends over five years, as they grow up amid the glorious magic and dangerous mayhem of the city's streets. Nourished by the dark gumbo of local culture, Cherie and her krewe both thrive and are crushed among the poets, painters, and predators that lap up the town.
Review Quotes
"I devoured this evocative, exquisitely detailed tale of teenage girls and boys coming of age in turbulent 1960s New Orleans. The next best thing to being there!" -Alexandra Sokoloff, Author, The Huntress/FBI series
"I loved this book. It's a wild ride from beginning to end, with such great insights into an era when young women started to build a fresh, new confidence and independence for themselves." -Reidar Jönsson, Author, My Life as a Dog Trilogy
Lyrical and imaginative. Try to put it down. You can't. I hated to let these characters go. -Helene Chrinian, Author, Young Adult and Children's Books
Fun, captivating, and heartbreaking read... an exquisite tale of young adulthood. Cherie and her friends became my friends. I didn't want it to end. -Deb Fox, Graphic Novel Creator, The Man Who Beat Death Valley
As someone born and raised in New Orleans, CAMELLIA SEASON captures the vibrant spirit of my home. Peterson has written an evocative masterwork that deserves to be read by everyone." -Evlondo Cooper, Writer and Podcaster
This beautifully written, poignant novel transports you back to New Orleans in the late 1960's as a sensitive and rebellious teen copes with a radically changing culture. -Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Publisher, and Digital Artist